21 Consoles And Handhelds That Crashed And Burned
21 Consoles And Handhelds That Crashed And BurnedThe history of video games is littered with consoles that were epic fiascoes. Most were just bad platforms that either lacked in performance, compelling software, or a true market niche. But some had a good chance at success that was spoiled by management issues, marketing gaffes, or a lack of relationships in the software development community.
This year was a historic one for consoles, with the second-most-popular Kickstarter project, Ouya, becoming the world’s first console financed by Internet users (to the tune of $8.5 million). It uses Google's Android 4.2 operating system, a Tegra 3 SoC, and a heavily free-to-play philosophy. Square Enix announced that it will port Final Fantasy III to the platform.
The console is set to ship early in 2013, but its success is far from guaranteed. We decided to dredge up a few corpses from the past to quench a little of the excitement surrounding this project. We present 20 console failures that have left their marks on history.
True facts, i had one for years, hek i still have it, but the battery's dead.
My first "smartphone" with serious multitasking.
I could listen to radio, have msn running, and play worms ONLINE simultaneusly
Well the drawback, everyone maked fun of me when i was on the phone =D
Now i would say those two did bad, but i believe the saturn did terrible, but the Dreamcast was by far superior to what the saturn was and honestly it was an amazing console. If Sega had waited a tad longer, it probably would of been better. Sega as a whole should of re-entered the console market.. There are quite a few titles i wish were remade or brought back from Sega's DC lineup onto this or next generation. But i don't think the dreamcast would make that list, saturn yes but not the dreamcast.
ngage was annoying. nokia's idea was decent, but the small screen, the buttons....
psvita is a failure alright, it just hasn't matured into a failure yet. when tegra 4, krait-based snapdragon 800, samsungs new exynos and apple's new soc come out, it'll become even less relevant... unless sony pulls an hp.