This 12 months marks 30 years since Sony entered the video gaming business and launched the primary ever PlayStation. Particulars about what occurred have steadily come out over time, together with how a lot Nintendo was concerned in why Sony started to make video gaming consoles within the first place. There was some extent within the SNES period the place Nintendo and Sony have been in talks of creating an add-on for Nintendo’s 16-bit console that will’ve allowed the SNES to play CDs.
Nevertheless, it finally didn’t pan out, with Nintendo backing out of the deal. With Sony deserted, they’ve finally determine to make their very own console, and the remaining is historical past. That mentioned, a brand new Eurogamer interview with former PlayStation head Shawn Layden revealed simply how shut Nintendo and Sony’s collaboration got here to occurring.
In accordance with Layden, “Nintendo realized cartridges had already maxed out their reminiscence footprints and so we – or fairly, Ken Kutaragi – created the compact disc know-how to help the SNES. And we have been nearly prepared. I believe it was at CES [Computer Entertainment Show] 1993, we have been going to announce the partnership. And Nintendo left us standing on the altar, after they did a pivot on the final minute and went with Philips. So there was Ken, proverbially standing on the altar along with his optical disc drive in his arms. And, indignant, he went again to the management at Sony on the time and mentioned: ‘All I would like is an OS and a few extra connecting tissue for this factor, and we are able to construct our personal recreation machine’.
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