People are still making games for mid-90s console failures the 3DO and Jaguar. That's not the interesting part. The interesting part is a comment on that post that offers a quote from the 3DO's Wikipedia page:
The success and quality of subsequent next generation systems which began coming onto the market in the mid-90's, the limited library of titles, the lack of third-party support, and a refusal to reduce pricing till almost the end of the products life were among the many issues that led to the platform's demise. For a significant period of the products life cycle, 3DO's official stance on pricing was that the 3DO was not a video game console, it was a high-end audio-visual system and was priced accordingly, so no price adjustment was needed (emphasis mine).
Sound familiar?
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I attended the DigitalLife show this past Saturday. I got a chance to see some interesting little toys, get some hands-on time with the PS3 and got a chance to hang with Robert Heron, Patrick Norton and Jim Lauderback of dl.tv/PCMag. Here are some of my impressions:
- The new Treo 680 is a nice (but incremental) improvement over the 650. It definitely does not reflect the two year gap between the 650 and the 680. It loses the antenna, but keeps the awful VGA camera and same processor.
- Dell was everywhere. I didn't see many non-Dell/Alienware machine on the floor.
- The 20" Dell notebook is a hoss. I can't imagine anyone buying it and actually taking it anywhere. If it would actually fit on an airplane tray table, I can see the table just snapping off under the sheer weight of this machine. Even for LAN parties, I think a Shuttle box and separate display might be easier to manage, and would be a whole lot more upgradeable.
- While I didn't get to hold the controller, I did see the Wii on display. The system is about the size I expected, but the controller looks a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Elebits was the game on display, and while it didn't look particularly fun, it did do a good job of showing off the Wiimote.
- The PS3 controller is a nice incremental improvement over the PS2 controller. I like the way R2/L2 were converted to semi-trigger buttons and the slightlly smaller grip felt a bit better.
- Sonic on the PS3, although 70% complete, was pretty buggy. Lots of clipping issues were apparent and the 360 version (85% complete) felt a lot faster. The graphics on the PS3 were great, although they didn't seem that much better than the 360.
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Joystiq reports on a strange Apple logo appearing on the U.S. Sony PS3 site. At first it was brushed off as Sony penny-pinching, as some readers reported that the Apple logo appears when using the trial verison of Apple's Shake compositing app. That is, until someone else reported that the Shake trial also has the Save feature disabled.
A poster on ps3forum decompiled the Flash file and discovered a white Apple logo on a mysterious black silhouette with smoke blowing on it. Joystiq has been unable to get a comment from Apple or Sony as of yet, but Sony's PR firm stated that Sony will be making an official statement soon.
Speculation is running rampant and all bets are off as to what this tiny little message could mean. Will Apple play some integral part in the PS3's development (perhaps in the OS realm)? Or is this merely going to be an announcement that the PS3 will support iPods? We will soon find out.
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