Before PS1/Saturn, but after CDi, TurboGFX/PCE CD and Sega/MegaCD. 3DO had pretty great specs for it's time, but it was designed to be a longer lasting product, I believe. 3DO's business model was banking on it setting a standard that all games would run on for an extended period of time, much like CDs did for music and DVD did for video. So just like CD players cost hundreds early on, they were later available for tens of dollars. I think they imagined a future like that.
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PC's had cdrom drives in 1986 (maybe earlier)
ps: these did not connect via the ide bus they had either SCSI, Panasonic, Mitsumi or Sony interfaces and connected via a separate isa card sometimes the soundcard
Acer 16-Bit ISA Magic S20 YAMAHA OPTi Crystal ISA DOS Gaming Sound Card
ps: these did not connect via the ide bus they had either SCSI, Panasonic, Mitsumi or Sony interfaces and connected via a separate isa card sometimes the soundcard
Acer 16-Bit ISA Magic S20 YAMAHA OPTi Crystal ISA DOS Gaming Sound Card
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With Dragon Age: The Veilguard set to release next month, the team at Bioware and EA have been more
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Our first household PC with a CDROM came in 1991 or 1992 at the latest. It used whichever connector came with the Sound Blaster Pro, and the CDROM itself used the tray/caddy setup. I know they went a little further back in time; I didn't realize they dated back to the mid '80s though. I guess it makes some bit of sense, as CDs had to be mastered on a PC somewhere.
Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look
Limited Edition console design takes PS5 back to the early days of PlayStation.
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PS5 Slim and Pro will get a limmited anniversary sale in awesome PS1 colors. This will fly from shelves...
...into the hands of scalpers.
"Nostalgic PS1 colors"
It's gray. Or Grey. Whatever. Since the RGB values are all equal, I'm not even sure it technically qualifies as a color so much as a monochromatic shade.
Bleh.
It's gray. Or Grey. Whatever. Since the RGB values are all equal, I'm not even sure it technically qualifies as a color so much as a monochromatic shade.
Bleh.
Nostalgia has no rules except memory from childhood / younger self.
Actually looks way better than the current designs. More playful and PlayStationy than Sony's current "trying so hard to be cool" veering into blandness.
Sony has been white or black.
Come on, they don't have to be neon bright colors but wouldn't mind some variety. Of course impossible to manage for the supply chain.
Didn't they have alternate colors or patterns to put on some console in the past? Maybe it was from a third party. I want to say the PS3 but maybe not or maybe it was an Xbox SKU.
Not that it matters. In practical terms, a boring rectangular slab works best for most entertainment spaces, stack with other CE equipment, because other than looking at the indicators on the panel, how much are you looking at your console's ID?
But probably someone could buy a limited edition, never open it and auction it years or decades later for several times what they paid.
I don't know if Playstation carries that kind of loyalty and nostalgia. But I've heard that original 2007 iPhones which have never been opened are now carrying quite a mint from collectors, even though it's antique, very useless device.
Great for a museum one day, not much else.
Come on, they don't have to be neon bright colors but wouldn't mind some variety. Of course impossible to manage for the supply chain.
Didn't they have alternate colors or patterns to put on some console in the past? Maybe it was from a third party. I want to say the PS3 but maybe not or maybe it was an Xbox SKU.
Not that it matters. In practical terms, a boring rectangular slab works best for most entertainment spaces, stack with other CE equipment, because other than looking at the indicators on the panel, how much are you looking at your console's ID?
But probably someone could buy a limited edition, never open it and auction it years or decades later for several times what they paid.
I don't know if Playstation carries that kind of loyalty and nostalgia. But I've heard that original 2007 iPhones which have never been opened are now carrying quite a mint from collectors, even though it's antique, very useless device.
Great for a museum one day, not much else.
They provide coloured controllers and face-plates that are replaceable.
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However, in the past these console companies, particularly MS, have offered extensive customisation options before. They'll know from experience how well they sell and clearly, not well enough. MS never repeated XB360's faceplates, and Sony aren't caring for anything other than basic colours.
PlayStation 5 console covers | Official PS5 covers made by PlayStation
Personalise your PlayStation 5 or PS5 Digital Edition with a vibrant array of console covers, made by PlayStation. Complete the look with a matching DualSense wireless controller
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However, in the past these console companies, particularly MS, have offered extensive customisation options before. They'll know from experience how well they sell and clearly, not well enough. MS never repeated XB360's faceplates, and Sony aren't caring for anything other than basic colours.
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Banishers and Jusant Underperformed, DON'T NOD Admits
DON'T NOD admitted that Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Jusant have both underperformed, despite great critical reception.
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Frostpunk 2 has sold over 350,000 copies so far. They've made their development, publishing and marking costs back. Nice to have a success story!
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Good results, even after losing a billion 420 million point 69 dollars on Concord.
No kidding.
The impressive stuff is the improvement of the profit margin. Next year is all is going well they will be above 10% and with GTA 6 it could be the best year but Trump tariff will be a problem if no exception for electronics device.
EDIT: And they said Black Myth Wukonghad a major effect in hardware sales probably in China.
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Sure their pre-2020 strategy is working pretty well for them. Eastern games (most of them single player), third party sales. Very solid.
The impressice stuff is the improvement of the profit margin. Next year is all is going well they will be above 10% and with GTA 6 itcoul be the best year but Trump tariff will be a problem.
EDIT: And they said Black Myth Wukonghad a major effect in hardware sales probably in China.
The strategy after Ryan's arrival, not so much.
Other stuff they said Ghost of Yotei is the first annoucement of big first party games releasing every year going forward probably talking about the huge single player tentpole.
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