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6710910 No.6710910 [Reply] [Original]

How and why was the Nintendo 64 delayed for nearly a year?

>> No.6710954

>>6710910
SGI had delivered a working chipset in early 1995. nintendo were behind schedule and needed to buy time. In may of 1995 it was announced that the n64 would be delayed. nintendo were planning on releasing the console in time for xmas in 1995.

>> No.6710963

>>6710954
>nintendo were behind schedule and needed to buy time.
Was this a result of how tough the console (apparently) was to program for?

>> No.6711012

>>6710963
that and the delay in getting their chipset ready surely didn't help matters but I am not entirely sure if it was the case for delaying it for so long.

>> No.6711023

>>6711012
Oh, I misunderstood you, I didn't realize that the SGI chipset had been anticipated earlier.

>> No.6711025

to make room for the SOUL

>> No.6713086
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6713086

>>6710910
The didn't want to launch before the CD drive was ready

>> No.6713437

RDRAM production issues and price spike

>> No.6713456

Weren't the plans stolen?

>> No.6713537

Yield problems.
Problem with RAM yield and RAM prices.
Wanting some kind of disc format even if that requires more RAM, and RAM is weird.

>> No.6713540

>>6710910
SNES was delayed for two years, fuckers can't help themselves.