High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Panasonic M2 was a video game console design developed by 3DO and then sold to Matsushita (known internationally as Panasonic). Before it could be released, however, Matsushita cancelled the project in mid 1997, unwilling to compete against fellow Japanese electronics giant Sony`s PlayStation due to the failure of the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console. The M2 was cancelled so close to release, marketing had already taken place in the form of flyers, and one of its prospected launch titles, WARP`s D2, had several gameplay screens in circulation (this game was later redesigned from scratch to be released on the Dreamcast).