



The system's full specs have leaked -- supposedly










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By Samus on 6/15/2011 2:51:44 PM , Rating: 3
Toshiba has provided low-power LCD technology used in Nintendo portable's for nearly a decade, from the reflective LCD in the Gameboy Advance the 3D LCD technology used in the 3DS...

As far as Panasonic is concerned, you are right, they have historically provided memory formats for Nintendo, such as the defunct 3DO (originally an addon drive for the SNES) and the drives used in the Gamecube-forward.

However, don't forget Panasonic backed HD-DVD, not Bluray. And it is entirely possible for HD-DVD to have the same storage capacity as Bluray (25/50GB) with different error correction (HD-DVD has more error correction as to be more durable...remember original BD-ROM prototypes were so sensitive they were required to wear caddies until the production lines were modified!) and using the Bluray stamping process (HD-DVD uses traditional DVD stamping...)

Fujitsu has provided audio processors and memory chips to Nintendo dating back to the NES. Fujitsu semiconductor is a subsidiary of Toshiba, and Toshiba bought their storage division in 2009.

By CZroe on 6/15/2011 7:30:57 PM , Rating: 1
Playstation was originally an add-on for the SNES. 3DO was marketed to multiple manufacturers including Panasonic as a standardized platform from the 3DO company. Panasonic bought the follow-up console lock, stock, and barrel to sell as the "M2" (Matsushita 2). I would expect someone to mix up the Sony Playstation and Philips CD-i before thinking that the 3DO was ever meant as an SNES expansion!

Also, Sharp and Hitachi provided the LCD technology for the GBA, NDS, and 3DS, NOT Toshiba. They were played against each other instead of getting exclusive component contracts in an attempt to lower costs but Sharp and Hitachi were caught price-fixing instead. Anyway, the 3D parallax barrier tech that made the 3DS possible was Sharp's and neither Hitachi's nor Toshiba's.

HD-DVD required more error correction in order to be possible to make the discs on equipment designed for DVD tolerances. They were by their very nature more fragile from the start due to the equipment not being designed for such densities. The early DVD recorders all had caddies too (remember the early Panasonic DVD-RAM drives?). BD has a protective coating that is also necessary to make it acceptably durable with the error correction used at those densities, but they are both engineered to an acceptable tolerance of durability and capacity and neither is notably more or less fragile than the other. Panasonic/Matsushita was an exclusive Blu-Ray supporter and out-right manufactured the first slim notebook BD recorders for Sony notebooks in 2006. I own one. Hell, I used to work there when they first got the "Starcube" contract (leaked name before settling on Gamecube).

Fujitsu is about as relevant as Sony. Sony made many critical components of the NES and SNES, including the SPC700 audio processor that blew the competing 16-bit consoles out of the water.

My point is, a reasonable analysis shows anything BUT Toshiba and HD-DVD.

By CZroe on 6/15/2011 11:37:04 PM , Rating: 1
Wow. I was voted down for knowing the industry better than some guy who's willing to "bet anything" on his faulty industry knowledge? I hope that was a slip.

By Ichinisan on 6/16/2011 1:07:13 AM , Rating: 2
Well, I hope that canceled it out.

Samus: What's with all that nonsense? You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

By Shadowmaster625 on 6/16/2011 8:36:54 AM , Rating: 2
Since when was a 3DO an addon to a SNES?

