David Rosenthal: belief

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…Yup. Back to the powers. Is there counter positioning in the way that Nintendo created cabinet games, or maybe in the general concept of we're not about the fastest and newest? Absolutely. I think there's plenty of counter positioning all throughout Nintendo history. I think there are several examples here in these chapters of the story. (1) With narrative-driven games and Donkey Kong. (2) With the Famicom and the NES relative to especially the rest of the American video game industry. It's like, we're about a small number of high quality games, not a large number of crappy games. Yup. Again, this will show up in the next episode, not this one, but switching costs. If Nintendo had a viable competitor in the late 80s, there'll be switching costs, but there weren't. That'll show up in the Sega battle of once you pick a side, you're dug into that side at least for the next 6–7 years.…

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