What if: Atari helped sell the NES outside of Japan.

[CastletonSnob]

Did you know that back in 1983, Nintendo made a deal with Atari to help them sell the NES outside of Japan, only for the deal to fall through at the last minute?


What would the gaming landscape have been like if the deal had stuck? Would Atari still be making consoles today?

 

[Drathnoxis]

 

[CastletonSnob]

My mom has a similar saying: "What if Barbie skated through a pool of gasoline?", referring to a Bill Engvall bit about a dangerous Barbie doll whose gimmick was that her skates made real sparks, but got recalled for being a potential fire hazard.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Spoiler: This is all I got here…

 

[CastletonSnob]

Given how monstrously incompetent Atari was, I think the NES would have failed if the deal had stuck.

 

[Drathnoxis]

My mom has a similar saying: "What if Barbie skated through a pool of gasoline?", referring to a Bill Engvall bit about a dangerous Barbie doll whose gimmick was that her skates made real sparks, but got recalled for being a potential fire hazard.

I'm guessing she got a lot of use out of the phrase?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Things would certainly be different!