Were you alone?
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Were you alone?
I was, well am, the only person I know with a 3DO. In all the UK, all I had was rumours of people who had one but i never met another UK 3DO owner in the flesh. Now - thanks to this forum I'm aware there were others but liked I said never met anyone.
I have a sneaking suspicion this is a common theme.
3DO Kid.
I have a sneaking suspicion this is a common theme.
3DO Kid.
well when the system came out i didnt buy mine, i waited untill early 1997 to get my first 3do, and at that time i didnt know anyone with a 3do but a few years later i sold a 3do to some guy i met next to the videogame guy that worked in the carhartt booth
ive met more people with 3do's since 2002 then before
ive met more people with 3do's since 2002 then before
Ex-3DO collector extraordinaire , but i still have my collection
Villagephotos is dead, need to find my old pics and find another host
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To my knowledge, I've never met anyone who ownes a 3DO and I live in an extremely populated area.
Actually, not having met someone who ownes a 3DO may not mean as much as we're making it out to be. The only systems owned by friends of mine were the NES, SNES, Genesis, and I knew one person who owned a Turbo Grafx.
So it seems to me, at least in my case, that there are a very large number of systems not owned by people that I knew/know.
Actually, not having met someone who ownes a 3DO may not mean as much as we're making it out to be. The only systems owned by friends of mine were the NES, SNES, Genesis, and I knew one person who owned a Turbo Grafx.
So it seems to me, at least in my case, that there are a very large number of systems not owned by people that I knew/know.
Interesting sales figures here:
http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14306
The first post guy quotes 700k 3do units sold. This sounds about right I remember seeing a number similar to that in a mid 90's game magazine. None of the 3do producers releasing sales data was probably more the result of embarrasment by Sony's mighty Playstation.
http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14306
The first post guy quotes 700k 3do units sold. This sounds about right I remember seeing a number similar to that in a mid 90's game magazine. None of the 3do producers releasing sales data was probably more the result of embarrasment by Sony's mighty Playstation.
Re: Were you alone?
Well, I barely belive in you, Mr Kid.3DOKid wrote:I was, well am, the only person I know with a 3DO. In all the UK, all I had was rumours of people who had one but i never met another UK 3DO owner in the flesh. Now - thanks to this forum I'm aware there were others but liked I said never met anyone.
I have a sneaking suspicion this is a common theme.
3DO Kid.
Even living in Brazil, I have some friends that had/still have their 3do's.
Oh, and before someone thinks that we don't have/had other consoles here, I wish to say that we have, and videogames are very popular on our country.
I still refuse to believe that so few people in the UK remember of 3do!
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Re: Were you alone?
It's absolutely true. Even the usual suspect, my brother who bought every other games console I ever bought, didn't get a 3DO. I work in I.T., a geeky geek-fest, and none of my colleagues even remember the 3DO ...klogg wrote:Well, I barely belive in you, Mr Kid.3DOKid wrote:I was, well am, the only person I know with a 3DO. In all the UK, all I had was rumours of people who had one but i never met another UK 3DO owner in the flesh. Now - thanks to this forum I'm aware there were others but liked I said never met anyone.
I have a sneaking suspicion this is a common theme.
3DO Kid.
Even living in Brazil, I have some friends that had/still have their 3do's.
Oh, and before someone thinks that we don't have/had other consoles here, I wish to say that we have, and videogames are very popular on our country.
I still refuse to believe that so few people in the UK remember of 3do!
I guess I never realized how fortunate I was, because I did have a friend who also owned a 3do . Not only that, but his parents owned a movie rental store that rented out video games (3do included!) I actually knew of two such stores that rented 3do games not far from where I lived.
Years later, I made a new friend and discovered that he too had a 3do. What was really surprising is that it wasn't stashed in his closet, but was hooked up in his living room.
So in total, I have had two friends who have owned a 3do. From the sound of it, I guess I am among the record holders. (sad isn't it?)
Years later, I made a new friend and discovered that he too had a 3do. What was really surprising is that it wasn't stashed in his closet, but was hooked up in his living room.
So in total, I have had two friends who have owned a 3do. From the sound of it, I guess I am among the record holders. (sad isn't it?)