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enditall727 on 13 December 2012
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happydolphin said:
enditall727 said:

what makes you say that?

 

why do you think Nintendo went with cartridges when the others chose discs?

I just get the sense that you're irate. But anyways, the history of video games tells me that. Nintendo wanted a disc-based system, and they only changed their minds after the Sony affair. Otherwise, why do you think they invested in the Nintendo Playstation, the Phillips CD-based SNES add-on that never happened?

From wikipedia (on Phillips CD-i):

"Nintendo and Philips had established an agreement to co-develop a CD-ROM enhancement for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System due to licensing disagreements with Nintendo's previous partner Sony (an agreement that produced a prototype console called the Play Station). While Philips and Nintendo never released such a CD-ROM add-on, Philips was still contractually allowed to continue using Nintendo characters."

In another source I also read that that was something Nintendo actively wanted to use for its system. Things changed due to Sony and its PS1.

oh wait, my bad

 

i see why you thought i was irate

 

when i said --> why do you think Nintendo went with cartridges when the others chose discs?

i was asking for your opinion of why you thought they decided to go with cartridges since you said that they would have had CD's sooner if it weren't for Sony. I wasn't saying it like "oh they were forced to go with Cartridges since they fell out with Sony "

 

i also overlooked what you put about the Phillips part in this post because it didn't say anything about why they ultimately went with cartridges

 

my bad though ;)

 

but i still dont know what made Nintendo decide that cartridges were the best choice to roll with though. I'm guessing that Nintendo just didn't want to split ANY of the profits with phillip OR Sony when it all came down to it. I guess they got almost 100% of the royalties(or whatever) with the cartridges. I guess i cant really blame Nintendo for that

 

but god damn did Nintendo own the fuck out of Sony with that Phillip reveal LMAO XD

 

i can't believe Nintendo actually did that sh!t LOL!!!!