![]() ![]() But despite the odds, Sony pushed ahead and forged their own path that would lead them to make a revolutionary system that would house a litany of fantastic titles many of which you could only get on their console, which is a philosophy they still have today with many fantastic 1st party exclusives that remain one of PlayStation’s most compelling reasons to exist. If they were going to be a part of the console gaming world, they had no choice but to charge in on their own, on their own terms. Sony then knocked on Nintendo’s door only to get a series of verbal agreements that ultimately would be betrayed in the most unceremonious of ways when Nintendo announced publicly that they would be working with Phillips.ĭespite the fact that production of Nintendo PlayStation prototypes had already begun, many of which have been unearthed today, Sony found themselves on their own and back to square one for the last time. Initially, Sony went to Sega, and even though there was a push within Sega of America to work with Sony, ultimately, that fell through. They wanted a partner that they could help with manufacturing hardware, while minimizing their own risk by not having to maintain the relationships with publishers and retailers that Sega, Nintendo and Atari had already spent many years nailing down. Without repeating the information we previously went over too much, to quickly sum up how the PlayStation was born, Sony spent a lot of time interested in the gaming market but wasn’t quite prepared to jump in alone. ![]() While we have visited this topic before here at GamingBolt, with PlayStation hitting its official silver anniversary, why not take another look at the revolutionary console and its meteoric rise that gave way to the lasting household name that we know so well today? ![]() ![]() As of Decemthe mighty PlayStation 1 turned 25 years old. ![]()
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