LogFAQs > #877609982

This is not one of those Nintendo vs Sony vs Microsoft topics so please don't interpret it as such. I'm just honestly curious about what happened to the company. Back in the 80s after NES, Nintendo completely dominated and ruled the gaming world. They were more dominant in the video game industry than Wal-mart is when it comes to retailers. Then SNES came out and their dominance just increased. Pretty much the only video game company that most general people even knew about was Nintendo. Sega tried to compete but went to get completely curbstomped.

So in terms of revenue and market share, how in the hell did they fall so fast in the past few decades and how did Sony overtake them so drastically? Nintendo has fallen so badly that they aren't even among the top 5 video game publishing companies anymore and its marketshare is multiple times less than Sony. Nintendo had all the advantages and they pretty much held a monopoly on the console gaming world. It's supposed to be impossible for another company to overtake you when you have those advantages. No fast food restaurant will ever surpass McDonalds, no wrestling company will ever overtake WWE, no retailer will ever overtake Wal-mart, etc.