COMM 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gamecube, Playstation 4, Sega
30 Mar 2018
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Nintendo"s dominance in the gaming industry came when that industry crashed in 1983, taking down with it the leader at that time, atari. Nintendo focused on improving image quality, while atari began to struggle when many independent game makers started developing thousands of games for the atari console without their permission. This was due to not originally designing the console with the technological capability to lock out unwanted developers. As for nintendo"s nes console, instead of having hundreds of games per year, they decided to focus their resources on developing only one or two hit games per year. Atari, on the other hand, entered licensing agreements with third-party game developers. Nintendo closely monitored the quality of the games sold on their platform to avoid the fate of atari. The nes had an authentication chip, without it the game software could not connect to the console circuits.
