S.T.A.G.E. said:
Thats why they contacted Sony though, right? Panasonic was no Sony. Sony had influence over the masses when it came to tech. What Samsung is today, they were in the 90's. Nintendo did not agree with the terms of the contract so they walked out on Sony. In a way Sony should thank Nintendo for walking out on them because their revenge brought them to a better place where they could find stability once everything else fell down around them. Sony's biggest influence upon gaming was using their influence increase media in more peoples homes. Without Sony the industry wouldn't have had that type of influence. I know for sure Microsofts influence wouldn't have been format based and Nintendo is dependent upon third party. 3DO was a group effort to enter the gaming realm by Tripp Hawkins with the likes of LG and Panasonic partnering with them and look how that turned out? |
Panasonic (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial) is an old and respected company in Japan. It's also Japan's largest corporate employer. They were very much involved in the consumer electronics field since the beginning and showed rapid progress into the 80's, 90's, 00's. They sold products under a number of brands (i.e. Panasonic, National, JVC, Technics, etc). Panasonic was also in the forefront of optical disc/CD technology, and that's what Nintendo needed in a technology partner. Being another Japanese company would make things all the easier. Panasonic had influence in the electronics field, especially in Japan. And Japan is where a CD system would have helped Nintendo immensely.
