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Originally posted by jigglypuffer:
But they were a toy company at the time, which would logically make them referred to as a toy company. |
That would be true if they were a toy company. But they made playing cards, not toys.
Now, I'm sure some toy companies have put out playing cards. Hasbro's no doubt made a few. But Nintendo was like Hoyle Productions (dudes who made a couple packs of Garfield playing cards I have), and made just playing cards.
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| After all, do you refer to Nintendo as a video-game company or a card company these days? |
A video game company, of course. But what they became doesn't automatically erase from history what they once were. Like, they were once the 800-pound gorilla of video gaming, but are now constantly switching second place with Microsoft and have been resorting to gimmicks to make sales instead of actual substance.
And what does what they are now have to do with what they were? If the only way to become a video game company was to originally be a toy company, what gives with Sony and Microsoft? Probably Sega as well, but I forget what they majored in prior to video games.
Where are these lemmings going? The
Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!