| DKII said: Wasn't the 3DO console like a conglomeration of third parties trying to make a system? Or was it just a bunch of other random electronics companies? |
I had a feeling someone might bring this up. The company was actually founded with the goal of making a CD based console but it had a debut price of like $700 which very few(especially then) were willing to pay. At that time you also have to realize the barrier for entry into the market was much lower than it is now. As far as I was able to search out they were not a merger of companies, but just some company that basically come out of the woodwork and tried to jump into the fray. They were ultimately put out of their misery by the PSX and eventually sold the rights to the console.
They were in fact a 3rd party developer in addition to a console company but they were created to make consoles. In my mind at least it is far more feasible for a hardware company to make software than a software company to make hardware.
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