Despite a highly promoted launch ( including being named Time magazine's " 1994 Product of the Year ") and a host of cutting-edge technologies, the 3DO's high price ( US $ 599 at launch ), limited third-party developer support, and an over-saturated console market prevented the system from achieving success comparable to competitors Sega and Nintendo.

Despite receiving an award from Action for Children's Television, favorable reviews, and a ranking in Time magazine's " Best of ' 87 " feature, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was canceled by CBS following the controversy.

Despite the steadfast position of Maclean's editorial board, the magazine's publisher has issued a qualified apology.

Despite the company's 1998 statement that Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms would be released " soon ", the game remained in development of one form or another for eight years until its release on October 10, 2007, and had been on Wired magazine's top ten vaporware list every year since 2001.

Despite the V8 model winning Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 1973, sales of the P76 were adversely affected by a variety of issues: component manufacturers ' strikes limiting parts availability, production problems at Leyland Australia's plant in Zetland all restricted supply of the car ; the release of P76 coincided with the first Oil Crisis, when fuel prices increased dramatically.

Despite having achieved a circulation of 670, 000 Talk magazine's publication was abruptly halted in January 2002 in the wake of the advertising recession following the September 11, 2001 attacks and the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center.

Despite the name changes, for many years information on McCall's Patterns filled an average of 20 percent of the magazine's pages.

Despite the fundamental importance and frequent necessity of statistical reasoning, there may nonetheless have been a tendency among biologists to distrust or deprecate results which are not qualitatively apparent.

Despite heroic efforts, Old Prussian sovereignty would eventually collapse after a succession of wars instigated by Pope Honorius III and his frequent calls for crusade.

Despite these frequent moves he wrote all his major work during his 20-plus years in the Netherlands, where he managed to revolutionize mathematics and philosophy.

Another view is that Robin Hood's origins must be sought in folklore or mythology ; Despite the frequent Christian references in the early ballads, Robin Hood has been claimed for the pagan witch-cult supposed by Margaret Murray to have existed in medieval Europe.

Despite his jealous tempers and frequent absences, Sophia loved him, and bore him seven children who survived to adulthood.

Despite her frequent pregnancies, she travelled with Shah Jahan's entourage throughout his earlier military campaigns and the subsequent rebellion against his father.

Despite its frequent use by the Romans, the horrors of crucifixion did not escape mention by some of their eminent orators.

Despite another nomination for Best Picture and winning two Oscars for frequent collaborator Russell Boyd's cinematography, and for sound effects editing, the film's box office success was moderate ($ 93 million at the North American Box Office ).

Despite its frequent use, characters such as Leonard McCoy and Katherine Pulaski are reluctant to use the transporter, as the characters express in the Next Generation episodes " Encounter at Farpoint " and " Unnatural Selection ", respectively.

Despite their frequent clashes, Paula and Elliot fall in love and sleep together.

Despite frequent promises of not blaming others it was very common for the ensuing sentence or paragraph to do just that, all under a pretence of friendliness and half-heartedness.

Despite the frequent wars between Champa and Cambodia, the two countries also traded and cultural influences moved in both directions.

Despite making frequent trips around the continent and around the world during his year-long tenure as AU chairman, Sassou Nguesso's achievements in the office were limited.

Despite the metallurgical experience of Pont-à-Mousson, this resulted in excessive flex, timing problems and frequent failures.

Despite frequent revolts by the native population, the Venetians retained the island until 1669, when the Ottoman Turks took possession of it.

Despite high media attention and frequent TV portrayals, examining judges are actually active in only a small minority of cases.

Despite frequent interruptions due to bomb scares, the service has remained a more or less constant feature of the NIR network.

Despite living in Westwood, he is a frequent character in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Despite this, they are often excluded from trials because their more frequent health issues and drug use produce unreliable data.

Despite this, Bhosle is the most frequent winner of this award to date, tying with Alka Yagnik.

Despite published performance figures the North London Line used to be regarded by frequent travellers as offering a poor service ,< ref > with extremely congested trains and an unreliable service < ref > with trains often cancelled shortly before they are due to arrive.

Despite its frequent breakdowns, the train lasted until early 2002 before its permanent withdrawal from service.

Despite the frequent interchangeability between the Covent Garden and Drury Lane companies, competition was intense, often presenting the same plays at the same time.

Despite the frequent appearance of a characteristic " HE " monogram, the attribution of works to Eworth — and the identification of his sitters — remains in flux.

Despite this papal condemnation, both Catholicism and Protestantism permit the use of ambiguous and equivocal statements in specific circumstances.

Despite the book's one-sided and prejudiced statements about gay men, one middle-aged matron from a small town in Wisconsin was heard to say " Until I read this book, I never actually knew precisely what it was that homosexuals did ".

" Despite Patton's earlier statements and his wife's wishes, some consideration had been made toward sending Patton's body to the U. S. for burial at a place like West Point, but repatriation of bodies was strictly forbidden for soldiers of all ranks throughout the war as a matter of policy, so for Patton, this would have required a very special exception.

Despite Byron Bolton ’ s statements, no action was taken by the FBI.

Despite the difficulties of observing the sun directly, they noted the existence of sunspots, the first confirmed instance of their observation ( though unclear statements in East Asian annals suggest that Chinese astronomers may have discovered them with the naked eye previously, and Fabricius may have noticed them himself without a telescope a few years before ).

Despite a long history of often extremely controversial statements, Robertson has remained a powerful figure both religiously and politically.

Despite statements as a Senator, where he called for marijuana decriminalization, promises as a presidential candidate where he stated that marijuana laws needed to be reconsidered and explicit statements as president that he would respect state medical marijuana laws, Barack Obama has presided over 1. 7 million marijuana arrests and a nationwide campaign of raiding medical marijuana dispensaries.

Despite often breaking the seriousness of otherwise purely evil statements, Zurg is widely considered the most evil person in the galaxy, especially by the other villains.

Despite this, statements by Kim Il-sung concerning learning from Stalin and the Soviet experience were later removed from public record.

Despite the eccentricity of his statements, he gained the trust of the French government for a short time.

Despite his earlier statements to the contrary, observers of Barry's council victory expressed beliefs that he was laying ground for a mayoral run in 1994.

Despite the scandal, and her delirious statements which suggested that Besumer was a German spy, Lowe returned to the home she shared with Besumer weeks after the attack.

Despite Rusty's statements to the media that he was never told by psychiatrists that she was psychotic nor that she could harm her children, and that he would have never had more children had he known otherwise, she revealed to her jail psychiatrist, Dr. Melissa Ferguson, that prior to their last child, " she had told Rusty that she did not want to have sex because Dr. Starbranch had said she might hurt her children.

Despite statements by FOP that no extension of the Drive was contemplated, activists contended that the Park District " has plans already drawn up that clearly show Lake Shore Drive immediately east of " Edgewater and Rogers Park.

Despite these statements, he re-signed with the Avalanche to a one-year, $ 2M contract on May 18, 2012.

Despite Blair's assertions ( he has made several other, similar statements ), the position remains not entirely clear.

Despite certain forthcoming actions and statements by Guatemalan officials, the United States remains deeply concerned that the overall worker rights environment in Guatemala represents a threat to those seeking to advance basic, internationally-recognized rights for workers.

Despite the high number of CFA violations committed by the LTTE, the SLMM routinely issue statements urging " both parties " ( meaning the LTTE and the Government ) to observe the CFA.

Despite Deutsch's statements, several major newspapers in Florida treat ADP as a wing of the Deutsch campaign, and have blamed Deutsch for ADP's actions.

Despite the difficulties of observing the sun directly, they noted the existence of sunspots, the first confirmed instance of their observation ( though unclear statements in East Asian annals suggest that Chinese astronomers may have discovered them with the naked eye previously, and Fabricius may have noticed them himself without a telescope a few years before ).

Despite this, Yunmen is one of the greatest sources of " live words ", " old cases ", and paradoxical statements that would later evolve into the koan tradition, along with Zhaozhou ( Japanese: Jōshū Jūshin ).

Despite SBVT's statements that Kerry's " entire chain of command " belonged to the group, Joseph Streuli, former commander of Coastal Division 13, Charles Horne, former commander of Coastal Squadron 1, and Art Price, former commander CTF 116 who is described in " Unfit for Command " as part of Kerry's chain of command, are not affiliated with the group.

" Despite his initial statements, Ryan later stated that he agreed with Moist and that the original resolution calling for boycotts of all Israeli academics who did not condemn Israeli military tactics was wrong.