The similarity is ASTOUNDING.

[Kitsunexus]

This is the Panasonic 3D0 Realplayer. It looks like the Duo, but more importantly it looks like:



The Playstation 3.


You know what else they have in common? Both of them were insanely expensive when launched (This model of 3D0 was $1000), they both had the latest technology for their time inside of them, they both tried to be the center of the home entertainment system, and they both suck because they have lackluster games.

This is just an observation I've made.

[Keranu]

I can never expect what these threads are about from reading their title names .

Keep in mind that the 3DO you posted is the FZ-10 model, which came later. The price and home entertainment part is right though.

[Digi.k]

looks more like a duo but ya it does look close to a ps3..

If you posted this on a sony fanboy forum you'll probably get lynched!

[Hobo Xiphas]

Not really 

[SignOfZeta]

It also looks like an Amiga CD32, and one of the later models of of CD-I...also, like of like a Marty, but a different color. It also looks like the prototype system from Taito that was never released (which I'm pretty sure was a PC Engine in disguise)

A lot of consoles looked the same back then.

BTW, I don't think any model of 3D0 was $1000 at any point. Not even in Japan, and this is a later priced-down model. It was more like $700 which is, adjusted for inflation, about what a PS3 cost.

Of course, as shitty as the PS3 is, blind loyalty will keep the user base high, and eventually software worth playing will be released, the price will come down, and someday, probably, it will be a machine worth owning. It's hard to imagine, but this is exactly what happened to the PS2. That thing was f*cking worthless when it came out, but now it has the best software library of any currently supported system.

[Turbo D]

Lol, great comparison Kitsu  The sad thing is that I own both those consoles 

[Joe Redifer]

You guys are also forgetting that it even looks kinda-sorta similar to the Wondermega and X'eye.

The 3DO was $699 when it originally launched.  I bought one on the day of its release.  I eventually got rid of it and never missed it.  The model in your picture cost $399 I think.  3DO never tried to be the center of home entertainment besides playing audio CDs and Photo CDs.  It could NOT play VideoCDs.

[Michael Helgeson]

Depending on where you went the Fz-10 could be had for $299.

[Michael Helgeson]

You guys are also forgetting that it even looks kinda-sorta similar to the Wondermega and X'eye.

The 3DO was $699 when it originally launched.  I bought one on the day of its release.  I eventually got rid of it and never missed it.  The model in your picture cost $399 I think.  3DO never tried to be the center of home entertainment besides playing audio CDs and Photo CDs.  It could NOT play VideoCDs.

It can if you have  a mpeg adapter. At least the 3DO has some nice games. It takes too much heat from people who never invested real quality time with it.

[Joe Redifer]

To my knowledge there was never an MPEG adapter, though I do remember one being talked about.  I never saw anything in the stores, and I don't think the FZ-1 even had anywhere to hook on external peripherals at all.  Kind of made that whole "M2" thing pretty silly.  Road Rash and Return Fire were the best games on the system.  I didn't feel those two games were worth keeping the system for since I could just get them on the PS.  Also, the 3DO was one of the slowest loading systems EVER.  Piece of shit.

[Necromancer]

Wrongo, Joe.  Panasonic did sell mpeg adapters in Japan that attached to the AV expansion port.  If memory serves, Goldstar also sold an adapter along with a disc of Total Recall.  Anyway you look at it, the adapters were overpriced and sold like poo.

[Michael Helgeson]

Yea the Mpeg  was out there,but hard to get,and did not work on all models. My understanding is the Goldstar one only works on GoldStar units and the Panasonic one only worked on one of the Fz models,not both. 3DO direct sold the Panasonic one in limited numbers. The Goldstar one I saw alot in game stores,it included Total Recall in a pack in deal similar to the CD-I one that included Black Rain and Dances with Wolves.

[Michael Helgeson]

Wow,Necromancer,you and I both jumped on that one fast.

[Michael Helgeson]

Also,I always felt the 3DO loaded faster,depending on the game,compared to PS1,esp on the few fighters 3DO got. That and you didn't have to flip early model 3DO decks upside down in order to play the games.

[Keranu]

Yeah I've never really had a problem with my 3DO's loading time, Saturn and Playstation seemed worse for that to me.

That and you didn't have to flip early model 3DO decks upside down in order to play the games.

True. I like how PS2's came with a vertical stand to make it "look" cool when in reality it was there because Sony was afraid it wouldn't work unless you tilted the system over just like the original .