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>How? It wasn't capable of 3D
That is not a deal breaker for late 1996. The IGS PGM launched after the CP System-III, it was only capable of 2D and saw success. Lot's of SNK's best work on the Neo Geo including Metal Slug was post CPS-III. Hell, nearly 20 games were made on its predecessor the CP System-II after the CP System-III launched. There was still a market post CP System-III for 2D games, the problem was that Capcom wasn't willing to support their new hardware the same way they were willing and continuing to support their previous hardware.
When the CP System-II launched there was pretty much no new games for the previous CP System board, all development shifted to the new board, that didn't happen with CP System-III and it floundered with only 3 fighting games. I think the message was that it wasn't really needed at all, they could have just kept on using the previous CP System-II board for Red Earth, JoJo and Street Fighter 3 without thaaat much of a visual downgrade. They wanted a new board for their new Street Fighter out of prestige and once they put the new Street Fighter on it they had no idea what to do with it next so they ignored it and went back to making CP System-II games.

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