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NES and it's not even close. NES saved the console industry. It was the first to sell over 50 million when there was not a market of 50 million people. It had to carve it out. NES introduced the D-pad to home consoles. NES introduced licensing as a countermeasure to the 1983 crash. Where we got the Nintendo seal. Now a standard practice with all console makers. It's the console where Mario Bros Platformers, Zelda, Metroid, Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Castlevania, and much more began. Franchises for the most part not only still around but still some of the biggest around. Having an NES in the 80s was not just another console like these days. Before Wii parties, there were NES parties and sleepovers. NES was where Capcom, Square, Enix, Nintendo, and Konami made a name for themselves. You cannot look at 61 million and just think it didn't sell as well as Wii. That 61 million in context is far more impressive. There was no market for that 61 million. Nintendo created it in a time when SEARS the Amazon of its day at first refused to sell the NES because video games were done. No one wanted to sell them. Entire genres were either created or revolutionized on NES. How we perceive the JRPG genre. Horror. Open world. Mario's movement and Mario himself.


Without NES there is no Wii or PS5. Without NES there is no SEGA in the console business trying to counter Nintendo and without SEGA there is no Microsoft Xbox. It all links back to NES. NES was not the first console but it changed the industry like no other console in history.  Motion controls existed on NES btw with U-Force and Power Glove. Motion controls were on every single console of the 90s and 2000's in some capacity. 1st or 3rd party.

Last edited by Leynos - on 02 December 2020

Bite my shiny metal cockpit!