Is this true?

I'm curious, do you really believe the videogames industry would look exacly the same without Nintendo?

He's right, in the sense that the NES brought video gaming into the mainstream.

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>Nintendo saved gaming propaganda bullshit still peddled

gaming on PC never died and never needed to be saved by anyone.

Kind of.
The Japanese had to come and clean up the mess that the US gaming industry left when it caused its own crash.
Take note, this crash didn't effect Europe, so the NES release was not the most important thing there either.

No. The NES did a lot to revitalize trust in video games after the crash, but people loved video games before it, and it would have come back slowly regardless.

ok video games are up now go crazy

Ask this retard he seems to think so.

Nintendo stopped mattering in 1995 after that their impact on the future of the industry was minimal.

I should say so. The Sega Vs Nintendo console war was literally Viet Nam

For the US. Every other country was busy playing their ancient PCs, arcades and consoles. Seriously, the video game crash was a minor incident totally overblown by the media, the industry never crashed

Also not in Canada or Australia either.
The Video Game Crash should only be called the USA VG Crash, because it only happened there.

It wouldn't have. It would be alive and well now, but it probably wouldn't look the same. Whether it would be better or worse now is anybody's guess. Maybe it would be crappier, or maybe a market more like PC gaming of the time would have evolved, and modern consoles would be more open and less of walled gardens. Impossible to accurately estimate.

yes

I would argue the modern (current) game industry started around the 2000's with the switch to developer/publisher business model and the rise of AAA blockbusters and cross studio calibration. Despite some changes, like mobile and free to play having an impact on fiscal, the actual industry essentially hasn't changed since 2005.

He's not wrong in a sense, since it's a successful market for Nintendo at least to supply a free game with a console like they did with the GBA and DS.

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Yes, the NES launched in 1985.

Maybe for America but here in Europa everyone was playing with a Spectrum or a Commodore 64. Like the ""crash"" never happened.

gee it's almost like one of the three major markets for video games not being on board with video games for an extra 10-15 years would've affected the industry anyway

as far as 'modern video game industry' goes the 3D gen was more influential
NES was still pretty niche and gaming moved away from pixels forever not long after

Mario was a big kickstart though so he's not entirely wrong I guess
Depends on how you look at it

It was 2017. I bought it. Need to find a CRT so I can shoot russians with a fucking Zapper

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That wasn't the only one: lizardnes.com/

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