Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lll-winken!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV misleading???!? Message-ID: <1991Jun13.020021.28169@ncsu.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 02:00:21 GMT References: <1991Jun7.124219.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> <1991Jun12.194358.14106@informix.com> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: na Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 36 giao@informix.com (Giao Tien Vu) writes: > According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Sony appears to be rather > reluctant in supporting CD-I. Its recent deal with Nintendo to develop > a CD-ROM system for the newer Nintendo game machine could be considered > a strange marketing decision if Sony truly wants CD-I to be a success. There's a great deal of confusion about all this. I spoke to someone about it last night and also checked Reuters/UPI. The Nintendo deal is with Philips, not Sony. Part of the press coverage was: "Philips and Nintendo said that they will work together to develop a unique application format on Compact Disc for Nintendo's 16-bit hardware system. "According to Nintendo, the new Compact Disc video games will be played on a low cost CDROM-XA Compact Disc player (following the XA/CD-I bridge concept). Consumers will be able to attach these CDROM-XA players to their Super Famicom and Super NES hardware units. "The chosen application format assures the compatibility with CD-I players as well." Earlier news about Nintendo/CD-I is more directly applicable to CD-I: "Super Mario, Princess Zelda, Link and Donkey Kong, some of America's most popular video game characters, will soon be seen on television screens connected to compact disc interactive (CD-I) players. "The announcement was made [05/28/91] by Nintendo of America and American Interactive Media (AIM), following an agreement reached by the two companies that will permit the development and marketing of CD-I titles by AIM, featuring these popular Nintendo characters. "It is estimated that approximately one of every three U.S. households owns a Nintendo Entertainment System; household penetration in Japan exceeds 40 percent." So whatever Sony thinks about CD-I, has nothing to do with the current Nintendo/CD-I situation. cheers - kevin