Did Nintendo save gaming with the NES? | |||
| Yes | 77 | 69.37% | |
| No | 34 | 30.63% | |
| Total: | 111 | ||
Without the NES, perhaps the US video game industry would have looked far more like Germany or South Korea's (PC-centric) market nowadays, but it's impossible to say for sure. For all we know, Sega would have found massive success in bringing arcade gaming home in the 1990s, until other players joined in.
Europe and Japan would be fine since there was never a crash there. Maybe a Pac-Man hangover.
Probably not.
The video game markets weren't crashing in most major territories. At best, you could say Nintendo saved the USA market.
Gaming would be way different without Nintendo consoles, though. NES/Famicom outsold Atari 2600 by a lot, and that had been the best-selling console released up to that point.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)
Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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