| SnK0610 said: Sony probably wouldn't have enter the console market. They offered the PlayStation to Nintendo. Nintendo refused because it was CD based console. We all know what happened afterwards :) |
Nintendo & Sony were in partnership developing a CD drive for the SNES, if it wasn't for Nintendo Sony wouldn't have started development on the PS1 at all. There was no "offering" as if Sony spent millions developing PS1 and thought "let's give it to Nintendo"
There were disagreements about something during development, I can't say for sure who at fault is for that (I think Nintendo disliked some clauses about licensing Sony wanted for any games made for the CD drive, and Nintendo 'went behind their backs' (in quotes because I doubt it was actually a fully secretive move as it would have been illegal) to make a partnership with Panasonic Phillips [oops, thanks Justinian] instead.
After that, Sony continued developing the CD drive until they released it as the Playstation. Then due to a number of factors: Sony's loss leading strategy, CDs being cheaper to print, Sony's EU infrastructure/Nintendo's ignorance of European demand, CDs capable of holding FMVs, moneyhatting, plus Nintendo's seal of quality which probably prevented a lot of smaller companies releasing games for SNES/N64 at all. PS1 eventually won out.
