The primary reason for the Pippin demise is Steve Jobs 1997 return to Apple. After several years of allowing other manufacturers to develop and release products operating on MacOS, Jobs put an end to the so called Mac clone era. Apple abandoned the Pippin after just one year, and while Bandai tried to keep the console going, it faded into obscurity pretty quickly after selling around 40,000 units. Even if it hadnt been a Mac clone, though, abandoning the Apple Pippin wouldnt have been a tough...
