What would have happened if Nintendo would have taken up Sony on their offer before the N64 came out?

[sethnintendo]

Turkish said:

happydolphin said:

Turkish said:

Yeah no, Nintendo was full aware what the contracts were about, they backstabbed Sony and chose someone else. Sony's revenge was sweet though.

You're denying history, and that's wrong.

Nintendo was unaware and infuriated when they discovered the hidden clauses, from what I remember.

Hey, let's do this, you try to find a source, I'll try to find a source. Fair?

That way we don't argue who's daddy's greater than who.

I have never heard of this, but to me it sounds obvious why Nintendo chose someone else, because they exactly knew what Sony demanded. It was a very rude thing to do of Nintendo, something no one would expect from a Japanese company. The Snes had a Sony audio chip.

"Nintendo's deal with Philips was similar to the one previously inked with Sony, with one important difference: Software licensing was to remain under Nintendo's exclusive control."

Sony tried to screw Nintendo and Nintendo backed out.  I don't see anything rude on Nintendo's part.