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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Lex van Sonderen) writes: |
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>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Erik Fortune) writes: |
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>>> better than CDI |
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>>*Much* better than CDI. |
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>Of course, I do not agree. It does have more horsepower. Horsepower is not |
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>the only measurement for 'better'. It does not have full motion, full screen |
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>video yet. Does it have CD-ROM XA? |
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>>> starting in the 4 quarter of 1993 |
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>>The first 3DO "multiplayer" will be manufactured by panasonic and will be |
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>>available late this year. A number of other manufacturers are reported to |
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>>have 3DO compatible boxes in the works. |
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>Which other manufacturers? |
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>We shall see about the date. |
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A 3DO marketing rep. recently offered a Phillips marketing rep. a $100 |
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bet that 3DO would have boxes on the market on schedule. The Phillips |
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rep. declined the bet, probably because he knew that 3DO players are |
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already in pre-production manufacturing runs, 6 months before the |
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commercial release date. |
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By the time of commercial release, there will be other manufacturers of |
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3DO players announced and possibly already tooling up production. Chip |
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sets will be in full production. The number of software companies |
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designing titles for the box will be over 300. |
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How do I know this? I was at a bar down the road from 3DO headquarters |
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last week. Some folks were bullshitting a little too loudly about |
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company business. |
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>>All this information is third hand or so and worth what you paid for it:-). |
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>This is second hand, but it still hard to look to the future ;-). |
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>Lex van Sonderen |
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>[email protected] |
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>Philips Interactive Media |
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What an impartial source! |
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