@[email protected] to GamesEnglish • 16 hours ago"The father of PlayStation" says everyone at Sony thought the PS1 would fail when it was first pitchedwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down16
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minus-squareBjörn TantaulinkfedilinkEnglish21•16 hours agoI mean, Nintendo believed in them, until that failed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•edit-216 hours agoThat was because Nintendo went behind Sonys back on the deal. They were trying to eat both pies.
minus-squareAltima NEOlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-210 hours agoBut also because Sony was trying to claim a bigger slice of the pie from CD game sales. It’s both companies being shitty.
minus-square@PunchingWoodlinkEnglish7•edit-29 hours agoSony came up with the idea of the disc drive, it only made sense them wanting more profit from the part they designed. It was just a disgusting move by Nintendo to go behind their backs and close a deal with another company, while not telling Sony.
I mean, Nintendo believed in them, until that failed.
That was because Nintendo went behind Sonys back on the deal. They were trying to eat both pies.
But also because Sony was trying to claim a bigger slice of the pie from CD game sales. It’s both companies being shitty.
Sony came up with the idea of the disc drive, it only made sense them wanting more profit from the part they designed. It was just a disgusting move by Nintendo to go behind their backs and close a deal with another company, while not telling Sony.