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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Netflix. Its how their business started. DVD rentals via mail.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Netflix. Its how their business started. DVD rentals via mail.

Nokia started as a paper mill company and sold toilet paper. With the release of the Nokia 9 PureView smartphone, nobody expected Nokia to release bog roll along with it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I was going to make the same sort of metaphor with Nintendo until I looked it up and saw that they still produce playing cards 🙃

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I almost did that too, until I remembered Pokemon and pivoted before posting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do they make actual basic playing card decks, or just video game merch themed decks?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Both, I think! Nintendo was originally a company that made generic playing cards. They're extremely old too. I haven't looked recently but I think they were around before ww2?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago