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

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Soundwave said:

curl-6 said:

Yokoi may have been long gone by the Wii U days but his philosophy was still very influential in Nintendo long after he left, that being the use of cheap technology that hooks people through innovative concepts rather than being cutting edge.

He's not really the "Game Boy's father" though that really is Mr. Okada. If Nintendo had released what Yokoi wanted I don't think people understand how basic that would have been. 

He wanted to release a Game & Watch basically with replicable cheap plastic overlay screens that could be thrown in the trash after a year or two and only gave up on this idea because he got yelled at and let Okada take over the project essentially. He hated the concept of what the Game Boy was (which was basically a portable Famicom, cheap screen or not). 

Then he basically made the Virtual Boy after that and got himself fired. 

Where did I ever say he was? You're doing that thing again where you passionately rail against arguments nobody is making.