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Even as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these. (lemmy.world)

submitted 22 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/retrogaming

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago

It was a strange time.

There were so many competitors all of a sudden. CD-i, 3DO, Jaguar. Even Commodore had the CD32. Nobody had one, it was all Mega Drives and SNES.

Nobody could seem to decide if CDs were the future or 3D. I guess Sony's success came out of nowhere but also because they hedged their bets and made the only machine that could really do both. Games like Final Fantasy VII that really made use of both were a pipe dream for other platforms.

Plus they realised that because CDs were cheap to make, budget re-releases could be a thing again. Seeing dozens of great games at £20 a go certainly swayed me from the competition.