Did Nintendo save gaming with the NES?

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javi741 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:
Not even close

Only in North America did the videogame market crash. Outside of it, videogames were not just healthy, but a growing force even before Nintendo arrived.

What it did, was resurrect the North American Console market. Nothing more, but also nothing less.

Global gaming revenues significantly dropped between 1983-1985, so it wasn't growing and was far from growing. 

It dropped during that time because the revenue from the US broke away, which was by far the biggest market. Take the US out of the statistic, and it would have been steadily growing instead.