CDs aren't the only reason the N64 lost to the PS1... the N64 was also alot harder to program for due to bottlenecks in the architecture despite being more powerful than the PS1, which also hurt it's 3rd party support. Simply swapping out cartridges for a CD-ROM drive wouldn't have solved that problem; the system would've had to have been redesigned from the ground up in order to really take advantage of CDs and be popular with 3rd parties.
And let's not discount the fact that Nintendo had already ruffled plenty of feathers with 3rd party developers in the decade before the N64 launched, so there's still no guarantee all those successful games on PS1 like FFVII and MGS would've definitely been exclusive to the N64 instead of the PS1.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
