Atari didn't lose the market to Nintendo. They lost the market because all systems they released, after the 2600, were crap. The 5200 failed & was retired quickly. Most planned games for it were cancelled. They made plans to release a better system (7800), but that was scrapped late into it's production. Once the NES was released, they decided to compete and finally release the 7800. But they didn't try to update the technology to compete with the more advanced game system. NES was a lot more successful because it was a better, more powerful system, and they had a lot of great games for it. The 7800 didn't feel much more advanced than the 2600 and they had a pathetic game library. Even if the NES didn't come out, the 7800 was doomed to fail.
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