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Re:The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy V... by philipkglass on Thursday April 07, 2022 @02:47PM (#30948734)
They made most of their money on expensive hardware. Their workstation market was killed by Windows NT and OS X (later Linux too) running on mass-market CPUs once graphics accelerator boards became good enough. Their server market was killed by Windows and Linux running on mass-market CPUs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics#Decline

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