twesterm said: a.l.e.x59 said: A long time ago, Sony was going to develop the SNES-CD add-on for the SNES, called the Play Station, but unfortunately, it was cancelled. Apparently, Nintendo didn't like the idea that Sony had the rights to develop all games on the SNES-CD, so they cancelled the SNES-CD add on, and went with Phillips to create the Phillips CDi, which turned out to be a failure. After the SNES-CD add-on was cancelled, Sony went on to make the PlayStation. So did Nintendo betray Sony? If they did, I find it funny how they betrayed Sony, a company that would later create the Playstation, and Playstation 2, two of the best selling consoles of all time, for Phillips, a company that would create the disastrous Phillips CDi, and further slap Nintendo in the face by making three terrible Zelda games, and one terrible Mario game. So who was the bad guy here? Nintendo, or Sony? It seems as if Nintendo's Nintendo 64, and Gamecube got punished by Sony's Playstation, and Playstation 2, after Nintendo slapped Sony in the face for cancelling the SNES-CD add-on, for Phillips. I guess Nintendo would have been smarter to keep the SNES-CD add-on. They would have avoided getting slapped in the face by Phillips, for producing the CDi, a complete failure, and Sony, by producing the PlayStation, and PlayStation 2, two successes that burned the Nintendo 64, and Gamecube down. So do you agree with Nintendo's actions, or no? Did they betray Sony for good reasons, or no? |
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Thank you Twestern. That was sorely needed.
Infact, as a dutiful mod, I will edit the original post for maximum readability
A long time ago, Sony was going to develop the SNES-CD add-on for the SNES, called the Play Station. Unfortunately, it was cancelled. Apparently, Nintendo didn't like the idea that Sony had the rights to develop all games on the SNES-CD, so they cancelled the SNES-CD add on, and went with Phillips to create the Phillips CDi, which turned out to be a failure.
After the SNES-CD add-on was cancelled, Sony went on to make the PlayStation. So did Nintendo betray Sony? If they did, I find it funny how they betrayed Sony, a company that would later create the Playstation, and Playstation 2, two of the best selling consoles of all time, for Phillips, a company that would create the disastrous Phillips CDi, and further slap Nintendo in the face by making three terrible Zelda games, and one terrible Mario game.Â
So who was the bad guy here? Nintendo, or Sony? It seems as if Nintendo's Nintendo 64, and Gamecube got punished by Sony's Playstation, and Playstation 2, after Nintendo slapped Sony in the face for cancelling the SNES-CD add-on, for Phillips. I guess Nintendo would have been smarter to keep the SNES-CD add-on. They would have avoided getting slapped in the face by Phillips, for producing the CDi, a complete failure, and Sony, by producing the PlayStation, and PlayStation 2, two successes that burned the Nintendo 64, and Gamecube down. So do you agree with Nintendo's actions, or no? Did they betray Sony for good reasons, or no?
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Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.