I found out that Nintendo and Sony Electronics had a deal in the works to make the CD-ROM addon for the SNES, but also Sony was working on their own Nintendo Console, the “Nintendo PlayStation”, but got canceled, after the partnership fell through cause of Nintendo Backstabbing. With the knowledge Sony gained through the initial partnership, they made the PlayStation One. This console crushed the Nintendo 64 in sales. Thought this was really interesting and I didn’t know Nintendo made their biggest rival in a way.
Talks about it in this video > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIefj354FLc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIefj354FLc)
Thought this was a cool part of history, and I would say I’m pretty well knowing about Nintendo, but I didn’t know this! Wanted to spread it, for those who didn’t know this lil part of PlayStation Nintendo History.
by All1sBalanced
8 Comments
oh thank god someone finally talked about this
it was less to do with nintendo “backstabbing” and more to do with sony wanting upwards of 70% cut on all games due to cd-rom patents. sony got greedy, nintendo tried an affordable alternative in panasonic. At least thats how i understand it.
The story really is quite amazing and Sony has been consistently strong ever since (except at PS3 launch where they did too much).
The PlayStation was just amazingly balanced hardware. It had good enough 3D graphics and the CD drive to impress gamers and developers while also keeping it simple with the lack of an FPU, proper copy protection or other simple GPU features.
Nintendo just kinda went nuts with the N64 using impressive hardware with major bottlenecks and untapped potential.
Edit: no idea why this was downvoted. Are Nintendo people angry that I cririqued the N64 or something? Lol
People don’t talk about it often, but you’ll also be shocked to hear that Mario Bros 2. was actually originally Doki Doki Pa- *gets shot*
People don’t talk about it often, but you’ll also be shocked to hear that Mario Bros 2. was actually originally Doki Doki Pa- *gets shot*
Did you know Nintendo has done everything from playing cards, to prostitution hotels. A company history that dates back to the 1800s?
They know how to entertain folks.
>they made the PlayStation One
Initially it wasn’t called the Playstation One; it was just the Playstation at the time.
Super Mario on the PS4 could have not costed 3mil on Ebay! Why Nintendo??? WHYYYY???