E3 1996 Voting

[SnesTea]

NightlyPoe said:

Snesboy said:
Nintendo this time around. It's tough to beat a system that is launching in 3 months that would have all the hype behind it. Even though the N64 was inferior in regards to lacking a CD drive.

As for finding info, it's going to be tough since all the big websites from back then are now defunct or deleted old content.

Meh, I'll take zero loading times and better in-game performance over a few minutes of FMV cut scenes any day.  I understand why companies liked the cheaper CDs, but as far as gaming goes, it was really just a limited gimmick.

You're not wrong but a lot of people back in those days did buy into the FMV cutscene gimmick. The other reason was a PS1 CD cost cents on the dollar (apparently 3 dollars in 96) compared to an N64 cart, which cost over 30 USD (https://archive.org/stream/NextGeneration24Dec1996/Next_Generation_24_Dec_1996#page/n75/mode/2up)

CDs also maxed out at 700MB. The biggest and most expensive 64 carts maxed out at...67 MB, still less than a tenth of a CD at 10X the cost.