Nibri
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:00 PM |
(Wikipedia excerpt below.)
The video game crash of 1983, also known as Atari shock in Japan,[1] was a massive recession of the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985. Revenues had peaked at around $3.2 billion in 1983,[2] then fell to around $100 million by 1985 (a drop of almost 97 percent). The crash was a serious event that brought an end to what is considered the second generation of console video gaming in North America.
The crash almost destroyed the then-fledgling industry and led to the bankruptcy of several companies producing home computers and video game consoles in the region, including the fastest-growing U.S. company in history at that point, Atari.[3] It lasted about two years, and many business analysts of the time expressed doubts about the long-term viability of video game consoles. The video-game industry was revitalized a few years later mostly due to the widespread success of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). (End excerpt.)
So for those who hate Nintendo, just remember; without them, video gaming wouldn't exist. |
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:03 PM |
| OMG I NEVAR HERD OF DIS!!!111111111111111111111111111one |
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saxpod
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:03 PM |
| I used to play super mario alot u noob |
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fdfxd
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:04 PM |
| Without IBM there would be no computers. Does this mean we would like IBM? No. |
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:04 PM |
So for those who hate Nintendo, just remember; without them, video gaming wouldn't exist.
No. Without Nintendo another company (Like Sega) would come along and bring it back. |
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saxpod
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:37 PM |
| I love Nintendo and u all are butts |
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:38 PM |
"u all are butts"
so mature am I right?
"Yo you can't beat the oshawott and emolga gang" |
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Roseart2
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:39 PM |
@Osha Higher on the evolutionary ladder dear boy.
"NFL Finatics" "u are all butts"
"Why my dear boy". |
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Donutlova
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| 04 Feb 2014 06:57 PM |
>VGF
WE ALL NOW ABOUT THE CRASH... |
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Donutlova
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| 04 Feb 2014 07:19 PM |
| Yes we do, Video Games would come back eventually but it would take longer and probably not be done as good |
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| 04 Feb 2014 08:44 PM |
| Nintendo didn't save anything, during the videogame crash, PC gaming was still doing very well. The only thing Nintendo did was influence the game industry. |
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| 04 Feb 2014 09:51 PM |
@Nick
PC gaming was nearly nonexistent at the time |
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krashwade
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| 04 Feb 2014 10:24 PM |
| I would love to here your excerpt OP. |
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| 05 Feb 2014 04:46 AM |
| @Random Cough,cough commodore 64, amiga, atari st, atari 800, zx spectrum, cough. |
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| 05 Feb 2014 06:12 AM |
| hurr durr if bill gates wasnt born there wuld be no computahs |
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| 05 Feb 2014 06:14 AM |
| get rekt butt-hurt console peasants. |
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| 05 Feb 2014 06:22 AM |
| Today I learned I can read Wikipedia |
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| 05 Feb 2014 06:34 AM |
| im sure we all like nintendo but let's be real I'm the only one in missouri to own a Wii-U |
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| 05 Feb 2014 08:57 AM |
@thesetoking
People live in Missouri?! |
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Shovuc
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WikiThis
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| 05 Feb 2014 09:36 AM |
| Hey! I'm the one that wiki's stuff around here! |
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