[b]Video Gadgeteer
Q4 Fall, 1993
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US); Komatsu, Ishikawa (JP)
$248,639,500[/b] (was $152,877,000)

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[b]Game Machine CD?[/b]

CD prices have been steadily going down as the decade progresses. Video Gadgeteer, already losing market to the Big Box and Elder Dragon System, may be looking to rejuvenate the Game Machine with a CD add-on. They have recently placed ads looking for experts in optical media and have hired some gaming industry prodigies "to create larger games". They might be worried about the impact of additional customer expense and the pitfalls of having the device developed by a third-party who they would have to sign a contract with, thus the ads. As for larger games, CDs have more storage space than many programmers know what to do with. A successful game on a CD system will need quality AND quantity.