GhaudePhaede010 said:
I understand why it happened. But Nintendo could have tied it up in litigation which kept Sony from releasing a console at all (SNES CD or Playstation). Instead, they broke the contract and it crushed them. |
Sony's piggy banks dwarfed Nintendo at that point, despite Nintendo's success. Sony was on top of the world in multiple markets in the 90's.
Basically, Nintendo didn't read the fine print that Sony slipped in (this whole episode reads as one experienced company taking advantage of an amateur) and likely couldn't have had much success in court given the language of the agreement clearly favored Sony. Nintendo had little choice but to back out at that point, and Sony had learned all they needed to about making a video game console from the experience.
