Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoYeah, but...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1734arrow-down112
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minus-squarepanchzila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoNot as much as if there was no rental business. It was bad for them, Nintendo even tried to stop blockbuster from renting their games. They weren’t designing games thinking about the rentals.
minus-squareteamevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoWhat is funny is that we remember Nintendo still. NEC’s TurboGrafx -16 failed because you couldn’t rent games.
The publishers did.
Not as much as if there was no rental business. It was bad for them, Nintendo even tried to stop blockbuster from renting their games. They weren’t designing games thinking about the rentals.
What is funny is that we remember Nintendo still. NEC’s TurboGrafx -16 failed because you couldn’t rent games.