Comment by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF
Comment by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF a day ago
Limitations, and, popularity
Comment by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF a day ago
Limitations, and, popularity
The tradeoff was that the N64 was cheap and had Pokemon on it
Cheap? In its generation the Nintendo 64 was the expensive choice. Maybe not because of the console itself (price varied across its lifetime relative to the competition) but because of the cost of the games (and nearly complete lack of piracy).
As for Pokémon, the Nintendo 64 launched in June 1996 and the first Pokémon game was Pokémon Snap released nearly three years after the console in March 1999.
Popularity comes from utility. Utility comes from the right trade offs. Limitations demand careful trade offs.