Alternate history: N64 goes with CDs instead of cartridges

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DonFerrari said:

SanAndreasX said:

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.

The contract was misleading and absurd, no company would agree to those terms if that's what it meant. 

Even Sony basically agreed and renegotiated the deal. 

The deal was also signed in 1988, years before any kind of gaming CD drive was even on the market let alone the SNES itself.