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Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources by dleslie on Thursday December 03, 2020 @01:50AM (#25286237)
Obviously that's a matter of opinion; and the Atari Flashback consoles sold quite well...

And, of course, not having a licenser did little to harm PC Gaming.

Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources by pfranz on Thursday December 03, 2020 @02:23AM (#25286460)
I believe they're referring to loss of publishing control often cited as a reason for the video game crash of 1983 that the NES helped carry the industry out of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983#Loss_...