Philips CD-i: The $1 Billion Failure - Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk

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Thank you Helix Sleep for sponsoring! Visit https://helixsleep.com/computerclan to take advantage of their President's Day Sale Exclusive Partner Offer - 27% Off Sitewide! You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below… The CD-i today is known for the infamous Nintendo games and memes, but beneath that lies a whole story of how the gaming world was changed by this ambitious format and console, and how it ultimately led Philips to lose $1 billion. ⚠️ If you are a photosensitive viewer, keep in mind there are brief flashing colors in some scenes. Watch these next: https://youtu.be/qPcPS48Wk_0 https://youtu.be/NdMZExDQGTU https://youtu.be/0nFwZujCEjg Twitter ● https://twitter.com/thecomputerclan Bluesky ● https://bsky.app/profile/computerclan.com Facebook ● https://facebook.com/computerclan Etsy Store ● https://thecomputerclan.com/etsy Contact Us ● https://thecomputerclan.com/contact Get film gear I use ● https://thecomputerclan.com/gear ⭐️Support the Computer Clan on Patreon ● https://Patreon.com/KrazyKen Lots of cool people helped make this episode possible! Wisconsin Computer Club Savvy Sage: Research Brainiac Brent: Assistant Editing and Xbox Footage Delicious Damian, https://www.youtube.com/@differentdamian : Videography Mitch “Skyspawn” Wensveen: Joe Voice speendlex_ (Twitter): Pixel Art Ian Schwabe (@ArtisIan_): Alien Illustration CD-i Community Discord Server Special thanks to everyone who was interviewed! George F. Rozansky, Wrestling With Gaming Call, The 8-Bit Guy, SgtDexterGriff, Cristiano Di Salvo, Andrew271, James/Rubisco, Jaap Jansen, CD-i Queen, Markus from Germany, James from the UK, Hector C from Mexico, John D, RedJay from Philly, Bart van Turnhout, Bob W from Cudahy Wisconsin, Peter Lundholm (@peppepop), Kazdan R. Azahn of K.R.A.Z. Productions, And special thanks to my amazing Feedback Team! Big thanks to Evan-Amos and Vanamo Online Game Museum for providing amazing public domain and creative commons game console photos. And a final big thanks to the volunteers who scan and preserve images and manuals on the Internet Archive and other websites. 0:00 Introduction and Philips Origins 1:10 CD-i Format (The Beginning) 8:23 Call Me Joe 10:07 CD-i Players and Pointing Devices 16:08 Professional Players and Authoring Systems 17:30 CD-i Software and the Game Pivot 20:27 CD-i Games 23:03 The Nintendo Deal 26:27 Zelda and Mario Games 31:34 CD-i Memes! And Krazy Ken’s Crash Out 35:36 CD-i Tries to Survive 37:53 Why Did CD-i Fail? 40:56 Krazy Ken’s Realization 42:43 The Silver Lining #KrazyKen #ComputerClan #HelixMattress