Console Lifespans, the longest, shortest and inbetween.

[mibuokami]

frybread said:

mibuokami said:
@frybread:

Almost forgot about this completely but would you consider adding 3DO to your list of console? I think it had a 3 year lifespan between 1993-1996 and was arguably the first 5th gen console to appear on the market.

 

Sure, game dates are hard to find for 3DO but I'll try. And hey good research on the Dreamcast hardware, more in-depth than me!

 

3DO was interesting, it's how I'd make a console. Let any company make it and just charge a small royalty fee per console sold. You could even buy a "3DO Blaster" card for your PC to make it compatible with 3DO games. I don't understand why it didn't work. High price maybe?

 

 

Thanks, I'll be the first to admit that I was a huge Sega fanboy (went through the whole Nintendo suxxor phase).

With regards to the 3DO, I think it was another case of advance tech ahead of its time that was just too expensive. The initial cost of the 3DO when accounting for inflation would be more thann $900 US at its launch, adding to its woe was poor protection and no region locking features, which made piracy dead easy.

The system also launch at a time where the market was saturated with consoles. In its lifetime it had to compete with the SNES, Megadrive, TurboGrafx-16, Neo-Geo, Saturn, Playstation, Jaguar and the Commodore. There was just too many cheaper competition on the market.