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Nickelbackro said: AS for the point of view of consoles being multimedia centers, that is expensive enough now with the PS3, can you image if Sega's Genesis or Master System had made itself a multimedia hub back when multimedia technology was MUCH more expensive. (*Cough*3DO*Cough*) |
No, I didn't mean consoles turning into multimedia centres, I meant computers turning into multimedia centres. Machines like Amiga or Atari ST were basically ready for that at least conceptually (if not technologically) back in 1985. Had they met bigger success (which they didn't in part because they competed for the home market with cheaper consoles), it would allow for cost reduction and more dedicated development that could produce an affordable multimedia machine as early as around 1990. Hell, Commodore, at least, tried to do just that with CDTV, but they were already on the way down by this point.
