I agree, as a matter of taste. I was raised on Atari 2600 and Commodore, really exciting, seminal platforms. I believe that our NES belonged to my sister and I

I agree, as a matter of taste. I was raised on Atari 2600 and Commodore, really exciting, seminal platforms. I believe that our NES belonged to my sister and I only borrowed time on it. I found the game carts mostly lackluster and not too compelling. Graphics and sound were meh. For that era/generation I greatly preferred Sega, such as Genesis and Dreamcast. But it wasn't long before I became totally occupied with multimedia PC games, and there was no reason to maintain a dedicated console at all. I do, however, completely support Nintendo and others who defend their IP and customer experiences, because otherwise we get utterly indiscriminate crap shovels for platforms who don't do this.