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Nintendo's Origins

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The Unintended Consequences of Overfunding a New Technology

The arcade video game business was a $5 billion annual industry in the United States in 1980, but by 1982 it had decreased to $3.2 billion./nThe home video game business was a $3.2 billion industry in 1982, but by 1985 it had decreased to $100 million./nThe video game market size decreased by 97% within two years.

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