Why The Philips CD-i Console Failed ! - Gaming History Documentary

In today's video, we take a trip back to 1991 to discuss the failure of the Philips CD-i. What about this ''game console'' that makes the Philips Interactive Media Player so maligned?

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Additional Gameplay Fooatage and Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D_f9aElGwA&t=193s
Top 10 Philips CD-i Games
wizzgamer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrU8s-M-gc
1985 News Story on Debut of the Compact Disc (CD)
acmestreamingDOTcom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9qYOg7hviQ
Inside the Summer 1992 Consumer Electronics Show - pt 1 of 2
videoholicreturns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGqeG1CLas
Going to the CD-i booth at CES in 1993
Vampire Robot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoLw7SEmLYk
Longplay] Burn:Cycle (CDi)
Z X - R A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDzLCVN6uw
Super Mario 64 Early Footage: Interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi
BigTaste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRaFLYPWcQo&t=373s
Nintendo of America CEO Howard Lincoln Interview - 1995
Sir Mix-A-Lot Rare Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLxoEHoJW04
I accidentally Hotel Mario
TimoteiLSD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEdMvYE-mrU
pacpanic
tribalcditube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTE0Uo47bDo
Frog Feast (Rastersoft) homebrew CD-i game (2007) - Retroforum
Retroforum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBWToKIYU5E
[Philips CD-i] [Game - Homebrew] Nobelia Demo v0.1 - Gameplay
The World of CD-i

Additional Information Sources
tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CD-i_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc
https://filmstories.co.uk/features/the-things-that-early-adopters-of-the-dvd-format-had-to-put-up-with/
https://apc.fandom.com/wiki/CDi
https://history-computer.com/reasons-the-CD-I-failed-spectacularly/#:~:text=Part%20of%20the%20reason%20the,the%20Playstation%20and%20Super%20Nintendo.
https://www.theworldofcdi.com/encyclopedia/category/homebrew/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i