Next-gen console war: The verdict by mcvuk.com

[sieanr]

MikeB said:
@ sieanr

Wait a sec, did he just call the CD32 popular/succesful? That system was the very deffinition of a snafu, and sold horrid (well under 100k)

The console sold well, but commodore ran into financial problems and were unable to produce them due to lack of parts.

"The CD32 managed to secure over 50% of the CD-ROM market in the UK in 1993 and 1994, outselling the MegaCD, Philips CDi, and even PC CD-ROM sales. Total sales of the CD32 have been put at just under 100,000 - though since this was the total manufactured"

The are many indepth stories available on the internet if you are interested. Commodore was run into the ground by a former Atari exec this severely hurt the Amiga platform, leading the platform through legal battles and a whole series of dramatic events. Well worth a read, Commodore went under at a time the Amiga platform was doing pretty well.

Oh, I know the story. The CD32 was, essentially, a CDTV-CR made as cheaply as possible in an attempt to make the business some desperatly needed money (note, I'm not saying they are the same hardware wise, just concept wise)

Really, they needed cash and saw the console market as a quick way to get it. So, they had the CDTV that had failed (proably ahead of its time) and they redid it in the form of the CDTV-CR. But that didn't take off either, so they went and made the CD32 as quickly and cheaply as possible.

Honestly, have you ever used a CD32? I've seen mexican "polystations" that give the build quality of that pile of plastic a run for its money. Not to mention it had on of the shittiest controllers to ever be called "first party", and that includes the 5200.

The CD32 is the very definition of "cheap"

Oh, and dominating the CD based console market in 93 in Britian isn't anything to brag about. Really, less than 100k sold throughout Europe is barely above pitiful.

I can't believe you think the CD32 is a good system, even the most die-hard Amiga fans admit that it was a piece of shit.

Aside; Funny you ignore my post about how the SNES could be hooked up to a monitor without difficulty.