Where did NEC go wrong, right?

[RegalSin]

So last time on Regalsin, I invested in a PC-88/98 model machine. I was reading about how the PC-98 series was unpopular. I would assume, their was so many models, to choose from, and the games on the 98 model, was playable, on these models. In reading this, I discovered the final official NEC PC-98 last model was barely 500mhz max, and any other hardware afterwards was considered a clone.

Now I was reading about the birth of the PCE, where NEC decided to make the PCE instead of a CD-rom computer series. In fact this was a good move, because the CD-rom could be intergrated, and used with it's non-CD machines. To make things more intresting, NEC worked on graphic enhancers, which eventually made it to the R2, GCN, and the Dreamcast.

Finally NEC electronics, can be found everywhere to anywhere in the world, From flatscreens, to projectors. I even see a van with NEC logo on it, from time to time, in comparison to SONY. So I think NEC played it smart, move.

In terms of videogames, the NEC PC model computers was a great thing, when it was new and popular but slowly came crashing down once Windows 1.3/3.1 apeared on the scene. I guess that is how NEC operates. They look for new technologies and grab on to the one, that will gain more customers, while leaving room for improvement.

The PCE is basically what the Dreamcast is. A model that can do sooo much, with so little, and powered by a popular programming language, that can be easy to use, C, BASIC, and ASM.

[geise]

PC-98 unpopular?  In Japan?

[esteban]

NEC sells PBX phone systems to corporate clients. That NEC truck was, possibly, for NEC PBX stuff.

There was $$$ in that a decade or two ago, but these days?

PC-98 unpopular?  In Japan?

RegalSin thrives in an alternate reality.

[HercTNT]

He did say "last time on Regalsin". its not his fault you were not watching his imaginary channel.

[Tatsujin]

lol, NEC is and was one of the biggest electronic coporation in the world. and that since already way before any PC-xx computers and stuff was released.

[meka]

Console wise we all know why it did not do too well outside of Japan.

[sparksterz]

Not this guy! But I'm new here, I'll see if I can't search around and find out.

[HercTNT]

Nintendo's price fixing and liscensing tactics probably did not help much. I like nintendo but they hurt nec pretty bad in the us. japan was a different story as the turbo was huge.

[CPTRAVE]

I never really saw marketing for the TG16 and when I did I was like "OMG" a TG16 commerical Lived in California back then.