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Nintendo's future is anything *but* rosy...

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Jody McLean

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Apr 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/28/98
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I read about Nintendo's N2000 program, and it don't look good. Here is just
a snippet of what I read on Next Gen Online...

Nintendo was apparently interested in CagEnt, formerly a subdivision of 3DO,
bought up by Samsung. CagEnt was the same company that developed the M2
technology. The talks with Nintendo broke off earlier this year after
Samsung and Nintendo couldn't come to terms with CagEnt's ownership.

Apparently, Nintendo still wished to produce another cart-based system.
Whether or not this was also a factor in the breakup of talks is
undetermined. What *is* known is that CagEnt was more keen on DVD-ROM
storage.

Nintendo has since cancelled its contract with SGI. SGI, the former partner
in the development of N64, launched a lawsuit against ArtX (who, SGI
charges, has trade and design secrets stolen from them because they are
former SGI employees) for stealing Nintendo's development business. ArtX,
however, is a step backward for Nintendo because ArtX, unlike CagEnt,
doesn't have a working system available, making a launch in the year 2000
highly unlikely. A launch even if the system was ready is also unlikely
because the ruling hasn't been made on hardware patents that SGI alleges is
their technology.

Meanwhile, the prognosis isn't good for N64. The Japanese have yet to
embrace this system, and North American sales projections are not good
because of all the numerous delays in software getting on the shelves. This
could be Nintendo's first true test since hitting the bigtime in the
mid-eighties.

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