![]() Renamed the Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES) in the United States, Nintendo worked hard to market the NES not just as another console two years too late, but as a full-blown entertainment device. By 1985, video game consoles were already being forgotten about as a fad, when Nintendo finally launched its Famicom console in the United States, more than two years after its launch (and success) in Japan. Things likely would’ve stayed that way if not for Nintendo. With the rising market of personal computers, analysts were reporting that the console market was dead, and when the Atari versions of both Pac-Man and ET: The Extra-Terrestrial failed to sell even close to what predictions had originally planned, the bottom fell out of the gaming industry, seemingly killing it for good. With the amount of software and hardware available, consumers were essentially split, creating a market where no one wanted to buy the games being put out by the market. Home consoles were still seen as a bit of a fad, and though they were booming in popularity thanks to Atari and the Atari 2600, a flooded console market and constant releases of subpar or even disastrous video games made the market volatile. In 1983, things in the video game industry went south. ![]()
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