As with Laserdisc, the lower susceptibility of optical media to humidity than videotape in that part of the world was a commonly cited factor. Due to its low price and region-free nature, it was widely used in Asia and even today, Videos are often released in VideoCD, DVD and Blu-Ray formats. It was extremely popular in exactly one continent: Asia. Similarly, the VideoCD (not to be confused with the incompatible CD-Video format).They are still popular with collectors, due to the number of films on laserdisc which have never been released on DVD, and the increasing scarcity of playable VHS releases. In Japan, production of players continued to the beginning of 2009. Production of laserdiscs continued until the end of 2001 when they were superseded by DVD. The format also found a cult following among serious film buffs and anime fans in America by 1988. It never caught on in Europe due to the cost and read-only nature but became the dominant video format in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the more affluent regions of Southeast Asia due to optical media being less susceptible to the humid conditions in the region than magnetic media. The Laserdisc optical disc format was developed by Dutch corporation Phillips, and produced by Phillips and American corporation MCA.The Commodore 64 also had a longer market lifespan in Europe than in the U.S.
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Traditional flip phones are now obsolete in everywhere else (unless you're elderly, poor, paranoid or any combination of the three) but are still popular in Japan.