Was Nintendo right to opt out of the graphics arms race?

[JackHandy]

Jumpin said:

Nintendo only ever had one winning console where graphics were the major push: SNES.

And even that wasn't much to write home about. In the US, the Genesis was the best selling console until very late in '94. So even with all those colors and mode-7 and sampled sound, the SNES played second-fiddle for most of that generation in a lot of western regions.