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Nintendo's Origins

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Nintendo of America - The Next Innovation

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In 1986, they start rolling out more metros throughout the US. Can you imagine this today if they rolled out the switch, like city by city? Right. They sell a million units throughout all of 1986. 1987, it's officially available nationwide. They sell 3 million units in 1987 and 10 million game packs. So at this point, they're already basically coming close to parody with Japan,. which is incredible given that the whole industry was dead two years ago in America. Yep. The strategy and how they roll out to retail is brilliant.

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