Did Nintendo save gaming with the NES?

[Nautilus]

Agente42 said:

Nautilus said:
Of course? It's a pretty well documented historic moment.

I mean, gaming would resurface one way or another, but gaming wouldn't be nowhere near as popular or as advanced as it is today.

For the US market? Yes. The major market to the date. And one of the pillars became videogame mainstream. 

For everywhere, really.

First of all, it's not just the "US market', but rather The Americas market. The whole continent.

Second of all, Nintendo proved with the NES that gaming was more than just a "toy" and thus not a fad. The market in the Americas had died, and the European one and Japanese would soon follow after, at the very least the home console(which is like 70% of the market as of right now, give or take), since most big players would not exist without Nintendo. Sega probably wouldn't make the genesis, since that was an answer to the NES, and Sony would also never going to enter the market as a result. And since MS created the XBox only to compete with Sony, that would be a no go.

Plus, like I said, most gaming staples were created by Nintendo and it's 3rd and 4rd gen consoles. Without them, I have no idea how many decades of gaming techniques and design behind we would all be.

Last edited by Nautilus - on 08 July 2020