Steemit community, it's time we had a talk. We need to talk about something very pressing in gaming: the WORST system ever.
My pick? It's pretty easy honestly: The 3DO.
Let me explain.
The 3DO had all the potential in the world to be an interesting system. It was arguably way more powerful than the other 2 main platforms on the market: The SNES and Genesis. It used CD-based technology so that audio was leagues better than what we heard on our 16-bit systems, and was the first 32-bit console, meaning it was twice as powerful as our 16-bit mainstays.
So what made it so bad? Well, the price for one. Let's take a look at what these bad boys retailed for:
No your eyes aren't deceiving you: that says $700. In 1993. Factoring inflation into the equation, that's about $1200 in 2018. TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Well, maybe it was worth if you had some cool games right? Maybe? That's another problem. The games. Remember those terrible SEGA CD Full Motion Video games? That's pretty much what you got on here. Aside from a STELLAR version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Road Rash, the 3DO was littered with terrible "experiences" that felt more like interactive movies than actual video games.
Of course, the high price of the system lead to it's downfall, and no successor ever hit the market for the 3DO. Technology prices would come down, and the Saturn and PlayStation quickly became the only 32-Bit consoles we remember. By today's standards, there's not much worth playing on the 3DO aside from the aforementioned Road Rash and Street Fighter.
The 3DO was a system that promised the world, delivered on none of it, and made you broke as hell. So Steemit, what's YOUR worst system ever? Let me know in the comments, and sure to follow, upvote, and resteem!
