Nope. those services, no matter how important; are still optional. 

In the grand scheme of things. it's not like u could play a 3D0 online. 

Literally never heard of the RDI Halcyon till now.

Interesting list.

Only about 12 of them are known to exist and it never really made to retail so pretty much most people never heard of it.

Nintendo sure used to be committed to that $199 launch price. How times have changed xD

37 of the consoles on the list spent a year or more out on the market 

The gamecube and dreamcast were steals.

Otherwise, it's not entirely fair to a couple of these as they weren't really "consoles"... The pioneer and cdi, for instance, featured video games almost as an afterthought. The halycon probably shouldn't even be listed as it never went to retail.

I think the games cost up to $300. Insanely expensive just like the console but it had an incredible amount of power for the time.

I disagree. A snip from my article I did a few years ago.

3 | Philips CD-I

In 1991 Phillips released the CD-I, the first CD based games console. The CD-I was marketed as a “multi-media system” that could play games, run applications and be an educational tool for children. As time went on the changed their stance to compete with the 3DO and Sega CD but by then they lost support for the console and had few games to make a serious charge. The CD-I is credited for being the only non-Nintendo console to feature Nintendo franchises. Due to a contractual obligation that Nintendo had with Philips, a few Mario and Zelda games appeared on the console. The CD-I lasted 7 years on the market and sold around 570,000 units.

2 | Pioneer LaserActive

The LaserActive was the console that wanted to do everything and this shows with the massive price tag. Not only did it play LaserDiscs and LaserActive games, it had add-on support for the Genesis and TurboGrafx-16. It also had a karaoke add-on and could support 3D with 3D glasses with the relevant add-on, it’s basically a computer console you can mould into what you want. Released in ’93 it competed against the directly with the 3DO and while the 3DO was busy showing off its console, the LaserActive was only being shown behind closed doors. This led to hardly any hype with the majority of the public not knowing about it. The add-on modules were expensive; the Genesis add-on cost $600, this didn’t do it any favours with the Sega Genesis costing just $230 at the time. Only 10,000 consoles were sold.

1 | RDI Halcyon

The video game market just crashed so what do you do? Release the most expensive console in history of course. The Halcyon is by far the most expensive console ever created by being almost 4 times more expensive than the second most expensive console in history. The high price was mainly due to the use of laserdisc. You were able to talk to the Halcyon and it would talk back to you and you could also take the controls “out of your hands and into your mouth.” The RDI never got a full release and only a few were made for investors. Only 2 games were made for the system.

"Five hundred ninety-nine US DOLLARS!" is all i think about...

Yes it's a crazy amount to spend on 1 game. If the price of the console didn't kill it, the price of the games surely did.