Looking Back at 1998: Nintendo’s Fall, Part 2

A few weeks ago we posted part one of GameInsano’s editorial ‘looking back at Nintendo’s fall’ in the 90′s. The era when Nintendo lost their hold of the market and Sony took over. Part 2 looks at what exactly caused this paradigm shift and how Nintendo reacted.

“Squaresoft and Enix were two of the biggest RPG-making companies in Japan. On all visible fronts, both looked like staunch Nintendo supporters with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest having sold millions of copies in Japan, Europe, and North America on Nintendo’s previous systems.

While Square and Enix originally had stated they would support Nintendo’s system, in retrospect those statements proved differently. It was more than significant to see Square and Enix embrace the PlayStation and then quietly and politely distance themselves from Nintendo’s N64.“

You can read the full ‘Looking Back at 1998: Nintendo’s Fall’ article here.