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

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curl-6 said:

Soundwave said:

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.

I'm just saying the Game Boy's history is a lot more complicated than people make it out to be and Yokoi had a lot less to do with it than people think. If he was allowed to make what he wanted, it may have been a temporary hit for Nintendo (given the success of Mario and Zelda in the 80s) but would have faded out of style probably in a few years. 

Nintendo is lucky Okada yelled and screamed at him until he basically gave up control of the project. 

If Yokoi had his way he would have destroyed the Game Boy, luckily for Nintendo he was stopped from releasing what he wanted to release. 

Even past all that, Yamauchi thought the system was underwhelming and cancelled it, lol. It's only because the Super Famicom got delayed that they released it.