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Nintendo's Origins

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Nintendo's Seal of Quality and Lockout Chip

Nintendo uses cryptographic chips to prevent unauthorized cartridges from running on their systems/nNintendo marketed their lockout chip as a seal of quality to consumers/nThe Nintendo seal of quality promised customers only the best software and peripherals/nThis marketing strategy was similar to Apple's approach to quality control

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