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DonFerrari on 14 August 2019
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SanAndreasX said:
RaptorChrist said:
Didn't the PS1 come into existence because Nintendo refused to go the disk route? Had they went with disks, they likely would have partnered with Sony and there wouldn't have been a PS1 (has been my understanding).

Nintendo was interested in the disc route, but they weren't happy with how much control Sony would have had over licensing, and subsequently revenue, on the SNES CD. Apparently the terms of the deal would have given Sony a great deal of control over both. So Sony wasn't an entirely innocent party in that debacle like everybody thinks. Nintendo dumped them for Philips. Then they decided to go with cartridges. When they went to optical media for the Gamecube they partnered with Panasonic.

Nintendo accepted the deal, and then single side decided to terminate the contract. So they were fully at fault.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

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Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

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