David Rosenthal: belief

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…Absolutely not. I think we could maybe give some leeway to Nintendo here. This was all happening for the first time. People didn't totally understand console business dynamics yet. If you fast forward to today, Sony and Microsoft not only always have backwards compatibility in each new console they release, they also do forwards compatibility. New games for a couple of years that are coming out for the PS5 or the Xbox Series S and Series X will also be playable on the previous generation hardware. You couldn't do that back in the day, but this is so important to feathering in each new console generation that literally billions of dollars of engineering across, not only hardware, but software titles are invested in this today. Nintendo didn't know that, but this becomes a huge, huge mistake. That's one. Point two, the pack-in game. Obviously, this is Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic is just the most perfect example ever of counter-positioning and brand. Totally.…

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