shoichi said:
Kerotan said:
Never knew this. Fair play to sony for satying fuck them and just going onto dominate the market.
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It didn't quite play out this way.
Condensed...
- Sony's Kutaragi seen daughter play on the Famicom and got interested.
- Kutaragi developed in secrecy the audio system for the SNES that Sony execs didn't approve of when they found out, due to disinterest in the video game industry.
- Kutaragi ended up convincing them to continue on the project
- Nintendo and Sony then created a partnership for a CD-based addon that would play both SNES and SNES-CD Roms, that would be sold by Sony.
- The contract between the two was that Sony would be the licensee and have pretty much complete control over the SNES-CD format, which worried Nintendo.
- Nintendo then cancels out of the agreement with Sony and then goes to Phillips for a CD-Rom addon that would have Nintendo in more control, which flopped hard.
- Sony and Kutaragi continue working on the project which then becomes the Play Station.
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This was probably key as Nintendo wants to maintain control on how to format, especially when it comes to their IPs. If you think they're stingy when it comes to allowing fan-made games or allow YouTube creators to make money off of videos based on their content, then imagine them having to deal with Sony gaining the licenses and formats of the SNES-CD, thus have a large amount of software licensing. So it limits Nintendo's control for their IPs, which is a definite no-no to them. They want control or the ability to oversee anything in regards to their IPs.
