| vivster said: It takes way more faith to believe that no one would've ever popularized video games if Nintendo didn't. It's completely asinine to belive natural evolution doesn't happen when there are billions of people on this planet. Which is why I reject any such notion. On that note, cult around any company is an inherently bad thing. You can acknowledge someones accomplishments without ascribing god like powers to them. |
So what company would've saved it, Sega or Atari? Let me ask you how is Sega and Atari doing right now.... Yea......
Also, the reason why you are saying it takes more faith to believe the industry wouldn't bounce back is because you are living in a world where video games are flourishing more than ever and hasn't ever died since Nintendo saved it, you can't imagine a world where video games aren't big cause they are now a norm of society at this point. Put yourself in 1985 where the industry was dead and buried and you wouldn't believe the industry would ever recover from the crash, and most people thought video games were a fad. Just like how fidget spinners or hoverboards are a fad now that is clearly completely dead, imagine if you are a company looking to manufacturing more hoverboards and plan to make a consistent major income from that, do you think any company would take that business seriously?! No cause they believe hoverboards are a fad and a lost cause now, that is how companies looked at the video game industry. Nintendo was the only one to have a major amount of faith in the gaming industry and believed they could expand and grow off their video games alone, and they were willing to jump through a bunch of hurdles laid by retailers and consumers to release the NES. Believing the video game industry would've recovered without Nintendo takes as much faith as believing hoverboards will become a permanent trend that will flourish for years to come.
