Did Nintendo save gaming with the NES?

[Jumpin]

javi741 said:

Jumpin said:

It’s absolutely a myth. I’d say NES advanced gaming and win teased the bar for commercial success of dedicated platforms. But saying “Nintendo saved gaming” is hyperbolic nonsense.

I’ve been a Nintendo fan since about the beginning, but there were clearly other platforms popular around that time, Vic 20 and C64 for starters. Granting Nintendo this sort of messiah status is silly. This reminds me of people claiming Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition was a full remake; they had to make up the myth of it being something different than what it actually was. Silly fanboyism. We as Nintendo fans don’t need fiction/lies to make it sound greater than it was - what Nintendo achieved with the NES was already phenomenal.

So, how is Commodore doing right now. I'm sure they really are the reason the industry is flourishing as much as it is now and they're still going strong 35 years later.... oh wait they aren't... I would rather put faith that pigs fly than believe that I could leave the hands of the gaming industry to a stupid and dead commodore companyor PC gaming in general. PC gaming was filled with piracy and limited returns and profit with no strict quality control. PC gaming was not the future and would've crashed and burned in Europe as well, or at least the gaming industry wouldn't be nearly as big worldwide, especially since Nintendo is the reason why Playstation exists, which made gaming much bigger in Europe overall. Plus the Gameboy was extremely popular in Europe.

This guy's response is exactly the sort of silly fanboyism I'm talking about. Rather than addressing anything I've said, or addressing the argument of how Nintendo saved gaming, he writes this silly posturing post that has absolutely no relevance to the conversation:

"So, how is Commodore doing right now." he writes, as though this somehow proves that Nintendo saved gaming or proves that Commodore didn't exist in the 1980s.

Thanks for demonstrating the sort of silly fanboyism I was talking about, Javi.