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RicardJulianti said: It's not like everything was fine and dandy between Sony and Nintendo regarding the SNES-CD. They clashed over the licensing constantly, if Sony thought "Everything it fine" they were fools. Not only that, but the two companies still tried to work things out after CES. Even though they reached an agreement that would allow Nintendo to retain control over the software (the main issue during the partnership), Sony was still too upset and went ahead and made their own console. Yamauchi was also one tough sonovabitch but he is no longer in charge. |
I'm not saying Nintendo were the bad guys with the SNES-CD thing, just that they made mistakes. I'm saying that in this EA case a similar thing may have happened, when they ended up going down a road that would give EA too much control and didn't know how to back out gracefully.
| S.Peelman said: That was still a different situation though; Sony wouldn't get control over the SNES. Licencing some other company to use your tech for a different product and an optional add-on for your own is not the same as having one fully control one of the most important elements of your flagship product. I'm not sure about the exact time-line, but it was my understanding no signatures were set at the time Sony announced their console and negotiations were already uneasy. I agree that Nintendo should've been a little more honorable in the way they 'dumped' Sony and went with Philips. Considering the course of history afterwards, you'd think Nintendo learned their lesson |
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If the SNES-CD format had taken off if would have been like letting another company make the console, which is probably why they changed their mind eventually. And with the Sony thing, even without signatures they let them believe that the partnership was happening, which they may have done again with EA. Still I'm glad it didn't happen, although I can definitely live without EA making a console...
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