A Canadian is Actually Right About Something

**arjue** · 18 Jul 2009, 03:38 AM

Because as we all know, if a concept fails years before its time, there is no possible way it could succeed in the future. For example, Icarus tried to fly with wax wings but failed, therefore winged flight is an impossibility.

Personally I think it would be great if a standard emerged, however i have my doubts that nobody would try and compete with it.

**YellerDog** · 18 Jul 2009, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

If you can tell me what they have to do with anything,

A cabal of companies talked into investing in a variation of 'one console future' in which a standardized 'base hardware schematic*' was adopted, which proceeded to fail somewhat catastrophically for obvious reasons.

It'll never happen again though, nope. Ever.

**YellerDog** · 18 Jul 2009, 03:42 AM

Originally Posted by arjue

For example, Icarus tried to fly with wax wings but failed, therefore winged flight is an impossibility.

(that didn't really happen, arjue. they call thems 'fiction')

**Frogacuda** · 18 Jul 2009, 03:46 AM

Originally Posted by YellerDog

A cabal of companies talked into investing in a variation of 'one console future' in which a standardized 'base hardware schematic' was adopted, which proceeded to fail somewhat catastrophically for obvious reasons.

You clearly don't know anything about any of the systems you're talking about.

CD-i was never meant to be a "one console future." In fact, it was never meant to compete directly with the console market at all. It was a product of the early 90s "multimedia" fad and it was marketed towards adult tech geeks and people with families, not the traditional videogame userbase. The hardware was barely even capable of playing real games.

The LaserActive was just a Laserdisc player with a built in Genesis. It was never designed to do anything other than sell a few extra laserdisc players. It worked. No evil cabal needed.

Anyway, the Microvision and the Epoch Game Pocket Computer failed miserably, and when Nintendo released the Game Boy it was the biggest system launch ever. Just because the time wasn't right for the 3DO business model in 1993 doesn't mean it won't be in 2013.

**YellerDog** · 18 Jul 2009, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

You clearly don't know anything about any of the systems you're talking about.

Eat a dick, junior. Have fun, peace out.

**Frogacuda** · 18 Jul 2009, 03:50 AM

So Yeller, if you told me in 1999 that eventually almost all new TVs sold would be HD, and I responded by posting the unwieldy analog HDTVs of the day and laughed at you, would I be right?