TA>  -=> On The 15 Mar 98  17:54:12 Jonathan screamed Nintendo fun at Dave 
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TA>  DM> But it should have become cheaper by now to make them, 
TA>  DM> plus we have  have 24 max drives now!! 
TA> 
TA>  JF> Not that cheap!  Even Sega's Katana system will only have a 4X
TA>  JF> drive.  Don't forget that everyone wants a $200 "magic price" in 
order
TA>  JF> to sell a system, and in order to get those killer graphics, you 
eed
TA>  JF> to cut costs elsewhere.  Besides, if you can get such high-quality
TA>  JF> video off the PSX's 2X drive, why go any farther than that? 
TA> 
TA> The Katana or Dural or whatever is reported as having a 12 speed CD 
drive..
TA> 
TA> What I don't understan is why did Sony license CD technology to Sega..?
Maybe it was the innar workings of the drive itself. Sony is a large 
manufacturer of CD electronics. But yes, thats weird. Sega could've easily 
ot
a license from Panasonic to use their drives...
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