I doubt it would work properly even using a browser 10 years old nowadays brings incorrectly rendered pages or problems with functionality, it would be cool, but i doubt that it would be useful, also take into account that the CD-I browser was not as standards compliant as the pc and mac browsers at the time and even those would have a hard time rendering today websites.
well, we could say now that indirectly, the CD-I made some impact in the market. mayor gaming consoles have internet conection capabilities, can play movies on DVD and can be used as media centers.
It wasn't a bad idea and even if it were a good system it wouldn't have done well because people weren't thinking about their appliances in that way yet.
THere were online capabilities (altough not internet, some kind of BBS) for other games before the philips CDI, particulary in japan, those are the real precursors, CD-I took the idea from that.
Rough translation: There are five kinds of CDs: Music CDs, Video-CDs, Picture-CDs, Interactive CDs, and now the internet CD. Being a CD-i Gold Club member means having special advantages, like their own domain.
Also, you can search for cheats and discuss things with other club members. And soon: ONLINE GAMES!
Well, what do yo think the problem was? Bad marketing? That is a killer too. Marketing is important no matter how good or shitty a product is. What else it got wrong?
Maybe, but another reason may be that CD-i offered solutions to problems that didn't exist.
Virtually all CD-i games weren't worth the plastic they were pressed on whereas the 16 and even 8 bit systems of the time had games which were actually fun to play.
MPEG Video CD never offered any significant advantage over VHS in terms of picture or, in the case of VHS Hi-Fi, sound quality. For the money back then, you might have gone with LaserDisc instead.
Another serious problem that supports your contention was that the idea was certainly ambitious, even ingenious, but the technology of the time was too primitive to allow the idea to be fully realized, which didn't make the product worth the price that it sold for and able to match the hype.
This is in addition to the utter inexperience of Philips in the video game industry, as exemplified by the sub-par games library that would even make E.T. seem deserving of praise.
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SovietCommie 2 years ago
I think it would be pretty cool to see someone using the CD-i browser today, browsing modern websites with it.
RABBIDGamfan 3 years ago
I doubt it would work properly even using a browser 10 years old nowadays brings incorrectly rendered pages or problems with functionality, it would be cool, but i doubt that it would be useful, also take into account that the CD-I browser was not as standards compliant as the pc and mac browsers at the time and even those would have a hard time rendering today websites.
Ryoga2K 3 years ago
well, we could say now that indirectly, the CD-I made some impact in the market. mayor gaming consoles have internet conection capabilities, can play movies on DVD and can be used as media centers.
darkcoeficient 4 years ago
It wasn't a bad idea and even if it were a good system it wouldn't have done well because people weren't thinking about their appliances in that way yet.
kaiserwilhelm 4 years ago
THere were online capabilities (altough not internet, some kind of BBS) for other games before the philips CDI, particulary in japan, those are the real precursors, CD-I took the idea from that.
Ryoga2K 4 years ago
Ah, but no game systems had web browsers before CD-i did!
RABBIDGamfan 3 years ago
Rough translation: There are five kinds of CDs: Music CDs, Video-CDs, Picture-CDs, Interactive CDs, and now the internet CD. Being a CD-i Gold Club member means having special advantages, like their own domain.
Also, you can search for cheats and discuss things with other club members. And soon: ONLINE GAMES!
TagDaze 4 years ago
the problem with the CD-I is that it was ahead of its time!
darkcoeficient 4 years ago
I think that way of thinking is crap!
Hacker03 4 years ago
Well, what do yo think the problem was? Bad marketing? That is a killer too. Marketing is important no matter how good or shitty a product is. What else it got wrong?
darkcoeficient 4 years ago
Crappy games (at least from what I heard about).
Hacker03 4 years ago
well... yes, it was full of crappy games but... it did more than games... I guess it was bad word to mouth publicity, caused by the crappy games...
I agree lol
darkcoeficient 4 years ago
Or something like that (maybe the media type wasn't well known?).
Hacker03 4 years ago
Maybe, but another reason may be that CD-i offered solutions to problems that didn't exist.
Virtually all CD-i games weren't worth the plastic they were pressed on whereas the 16 and even 8 bit systems of the time had games which were actually fun to play.
MPEG Video CD never offered any significant advantage over VHS in terms of picture or, in the case of VHS Hi-Fi, sound quality. For the money back then, you might have gone with LaserDisc instead.
Intersonus903 4 years ago
Another serious problem that supports your contention was that the idea was certainly ambitious, even ingenious, but the technology of the time was too primitive to allow the idea to be fully realized, which didn't make the product worth the price that it sold for and able to match the hype.
This is in addition to the utter inexperience of Philips in the video game industry, as exemplified by the sub-par games library that would even make E.T. seem deserving of praise.
Intersonus903 4 years ago
wish i could understand it, but gr8
AmridikoN 4 years ago
I'm sold! I'll purchase one please! :D
easyplex 4 years ago