Nintendo did it first!

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

They didnt save it, they were just in the right place at the right time. There was a slump, and they capitalized on that. Good timing, but nothing more. The industry was in a slump in 1995, too, but nobody says the PSX saved gaming and shit. Even though the PSX did a lot more for the industry than the NES did. And we wont even get into Nintendo's bullshit monopolistic thuggery of the late 1980s, which did the industry more harm than good overall.

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We still run on the console model Nintendo laid out two decades ago... in fact Kutaragi's network/content delivery ambitions for PS2 (now moved to PS3) sound strikingly similar to Yamauchi's original intentions for Famciom. Follow our lead indeed. ;)

Right place, right time is a diservice to the marvel of Nintendo's game design, which is really what saved console gaming and pushed NES to it's astronomical heights (the platform still hasn't been outsold in America). Super Mario Bros was so influential as to actually make a name within the popular culture, a claim only a select few game series can really make (several of which come from Nintendo).

I'd also say there's a world of difference between the 'slumps' of 1984 and 1995 ('95 was primairly due to western publishers mismanaging their product lines, not consumers losing confidence in the medium and dropping their hobby all together). I'd also say you don't really grasp the disparity between a market 'slump' and a market 'crash'.

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Originally Posted by remnant

Fine, It ain't an insult and Nintendo has never contributed nothing to the industry which is what the thread is all about. He dispelled the rumours and showed Nintendo as a lying company that spreaded propaganda around the industry. I guess this thead just proves that.

people who are intersested in the evolution of gaming don't dig up ghosts of the past but take and improve the present. Sony evolved the industry, Nintendo involved the and Sega in their crazy way evolved it the most. Not atari

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Take a ritalin and sit down. If you're not interested in digging up ghosts or whatever just find another thread. You're reading too deep into... well, I'm not sure what, but whatever it is, you need to put it down.

Back on topic... Thanks for yet another cool fact-finding job, Neo. Very interesting. The control pad thing may be pushing it a bit, though.

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Originally Posted by remnant

people who are intersested in the evolution of gaming don't dig up ghosts of the past but take and improve the present. Sony evolved the industry, Nintendo involved the and Sega in their crazy way evolved it the most. Not atari

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You are staggeringly stupid.

You are so stupid, you physically wound me. My brain aches with the torment you have inflicted with these words.

Your post echoes in the halls of internet stupidity, it stands triumphant atop the podium of ignorance.

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Otherwise, neat post Neo, though I don't see many people bandying about Nintendo inventing X or Y - here at least, I mostly see people bashing Nintendo about Z and C :P

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Originally Posted by Interpol

Interesting.

But I've never heard anyone say these things about Nintendo.

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:lol: Then why was it interesting that he debuff rumors you've never even heard before? That's seriously awesome.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

:lol: Then why was it interesting that he debuff rumors you've never even heard before? That's seriously awesome.

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Because it's neat to see what people have been saying about Nintendo? So, just because I've never had anyone say to me "Nintendo created the platforming genre," it's not possible for me to take interest in such a thread?

You know what would be interesting to me? Naming yourself after a good band.

I'll get right on it, sir.

You know what would interest me? A turkey sandwich so I'm out of here.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

I believe this news.

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So since "Nintendo has never contributed nothing", you believe they've contributed something?

A double negative is a positive, but since this is diff, positivity in any form is impossible.