Technically, Nintendo was trying to make a CD-based console, but realized that the Philips CDI was made of raw failure, and bailed at the last moment. One of the manufacturers of that was Sony, and Sony released their Play Station (1) 3 years after the Philips CDI, so even the CD thing was copied from what Nintendo was trying to do.
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Kadoya said:
Typo dude. PS1, not PS3.
I do not mean the PlayStation 3, I mean the PlayStation, which was released 3 years later.
Technically, Nintendo was trying to make a CD-based console, but realized that the Philips CDI was made of raw failure, and bailed at the last moment. One of the manufacturers of that was Sony, and Sony released their Play Station 3 years after the Philips CDI, so even the CD thing was copied from what Nintendo was trying to do.
edit. NVM that part.
Also, when Yamauchi read the original contract between the Nintendo-Sony Venture, he saw the clause that gave Sony complete control over the titles released on the SNES CD-ROM. Basically Nintendo ditched Sony and partnered with Philips. Sony then went to Sega for support of the "Play Station" and Sega of America loved the idea. That and help support the Sega CD for a while.
Sega of Japan vetoed, saying that Sony doesn't know how to make consoles. So Sony went solo, Sega went Sega Saturn, Nintendo ditched Philips, who in returned made the infamous CD-i, and etc etc.
Technically, Nintendo was trying to make a CD-based console, but realized that the Philips CDI was made of raw failure, and bailed at the last moment. One of the manufacturers of that was Sony, and Sony released their Play Station 3 years after the Philips CDI, so even the CD thing was copied from what Nintendo was trying to do.
Considering everybody was all developing CD systems with Nintendo depending on whether Nintendo had stabbed them in the back yet, it's hard to say who was "copying" who. It stands that Sony didn't copy the use of cartridges, though.
Considering everybody was all developing CD systems with Nintendo depending on whether Nintendo had stabbed them in the back yet, it's hard to say who was "copying" who. It stands that Sony didn't copy the use of cartridges, though.
I think NEC was first with their cd expansion for that 8bit console with "16bit" like graphics, cant seem to remember its name, it was something a little earlier than the turbograpxh 16. I still cry everyday about sega's death, in a perfect world we would all have real games competition between sega, nintendo and Pc only games, not all that cinema bullshit from nowdays
this is so damn cute,. I just want to go there and play it together with them. and if I finally can't hold myself anymore,. I don't mind being called lolicon, for what will happen next..
