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Nintendo's Virtual Boy: The company's worst-selling and most problematic console

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Nintendo's Virtual Boy, released in the mid-1990s, stands as the company's least successful console, selling only 770,000 units and being discontinued within a year. Its unique stereoscopic 3D display, while innovative for its time, caused physical discomfort and sickness for users. The console's awkward design, poor marketing, and lack of a comfortable playing position contributed to its commercial failure, making it a significant misstep in Nintendo's history. AI

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