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Subject: Re: EA focus
From: virtuall@netcom.com
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 17:53:04 GMT
Message-ID: <virtuallCy6v0G.3n9@netcom.com>
bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu writes:
> Just a note which you may like or not like. Apparently EA has shifted
>most of its focus to the 3DO. Check rec.games.video.sega and the various
>NHL 95 posts, including the various obvious bugs, EA's apology for its being
>bugging and how to work around a playoff bug, a note mentioning that talking
>to an EA rep about the bugs revealed that EA feels the Genesis is a piece of
>the past and the 3DO is what people should be looking at, etc...
I think the tune most developers are singing at this point is that
this is the last Christmas selling season for 16-bit product. I've read
that sales of 16-bit software this year are already off 25% compared to
same time last year. Last year was 16-bit's peak, already its in decline.
The only question that remains is which 32/64 bit platform your favorite
developer is chosing to support. With EA, apparently (and predictably)
it looks like 3DO. This is what has got Nintendo worried, I think, since
most of the 32/64-bit machines are CD-ROM, its going to be a hard sell for
expensive carts in a CD-dominated marketplace. The new hardware is all
similar enough in abilities and implementation that you may see all the
platforms survive initially with companies porting their stuff to 3 or 4
machines instead of just 2 now, with a further shakeout later as the market
saturates. All IMHO.
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Subject: Re: EA focus
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