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7/27/2025, 11:28:02 PM
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The point is that by 1993 Nintendo, Sega and even Atari had reputation in gaming consoles business and were respected brands in that area. Meanwhile you had Panasonic and Goldstar selling 3DO, Philips/Magnavox trying to spin CD-i as a gaming console, Commodore releasing CDTV which was totally not an Amiga 500 with a disc drive. NEC, a giant in 1980s electronics couldn't turn TurboGrafx-16 into a household name with must own games. All of those things played CDs, by the way. It was totally in line to be skeptical of yet another outsider electronics company trying to get into a rejuvenated gaming business of early 1990s, putting brand recognition forward instead of building a worthwhile game library. What Sony did actually pull out with PlayStation was a minor miracle, it wasn't a given that they'd make it right out the gate and both of their major competitors would make major mistakes with next gen hardware.
The point is that by 1993 Nintendo, Sega and even Atari had reputation in gaming consoles business and were respected brands in that area. Meanwhile you had Panasonic and Goldstar selling 3DO, Philips/Magnavox trying to spin CD-i as a gaming console, Commodore releasing CDTV which was totally not an Amiga 500 with a disc drive. NEC, a giant in 1980s electronics couldn't turn TurboGrafx-16 into a household name with must own games. All of those things played CDs, by the way. It was totally in line to be skeptical of yet another outsider electronics company trying to get into a rejuvenated gaming business of early 1990s, putting brand recognition forward instead of building a worthwhile game library. What Sony did actually pull out with PlayStation was a minor miracle, it wasn't a given that they'd make it right out the gate and both of their major competitors would make major mistakes with next gen hardware.
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