Nintendo Consoles has played many times with other platforms, and almost every battle ends with the previous victory. But in all other control panels, only the original PlayStation can challenge Nintendo's dominant position … it is sarcasm, because it will never appear without the cooperation of Nintendo and Sony. Information port Howtogek.com speak More information about him.
Before launching PlayStation, Sony will initially participate in the cooperation agreement with Nintendo to participate in the console market. The two companies had a cooperation story – Sony produced a audio chip for SNES and published some games for Nintendo platforms. But no one doubts that the corporation's next project will shake the game industry.
Initially, Sony had planned to issue a CD-ROM drive for SNES-an accessory from the same series with the SEGA CD and Atari Jaguar CD. But despite the fact that more and more owners of the platform switched to disc format, Nintendo initially did not burn the desire to accept Sony's proposal. At that time, CDs were still considered a new wild and the advantages of their mass were overshadowed by the slow load speed and less power than traditional cartridges. But Sony's engineer and the head of Ken Kutaragi project can still convince Nintendo for an opportunity.
Receiving the consent of Nintendo, Kutaragi and his group at Sony started working on the prototype. However, soon, the direction of the project has changed and instead of a simple accessory, the engineers set up to create a complete control interface, previously called PlayStation – but it is completely unlike what we know.
The prototype, known among the enthusiasts, is Nintendo PlayStation, like the prototype that is originally planned for function. In the shape, the device is like a classic SNES, except for a bit larger, leaving the drive placed inside. This platform also has custom controllers on the network – regular gamepad SNES with the PlayStation brand.
The Sony platform has impressed Nintendo's leading management, but first gathered negotiating skills. According to the terms of the agreement, Sony will retain the full authority for the exclusive super disc format and absolute control of software licensing for it. The publisher will also earn all profits from music and the film is released for PlayStation. From Nintendo's point of view, the situation seems to want Sony to make money in an agreement, ignoring the original iron producer.
Both sides cannot reach a new agreement over time and their cooperation begins to collapse. The increasing voltage among companies reached its peak at the 1991 consumer electronics exhibition, where Sony publicly announced the Nintendo cooperation for PlayStation. A day later, Nintendo suddenly announced that she decided to stop participating in the project, and instead found a new partner in the Philips (at that time was Sony's main opponent).
Although Nintendo did not immediately burn the bridges and suggested continuing the common work in areas unrelated to the game platform, Sony considered this action a betrayal, and decided to release its control panel to compete with Nintendo 64 – Nintendo new, thought to be released in the near future.
Many companies have tried to tighten Nintendo in the console market, but only Sony can really become competitors. The fact that the launch of the fifth generation of Japanese devices is not problematic. Accessories for SNES were canceled, Philips received the right to use Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. After two trying to create a CD-ROM drive for the Nintendo dashboard, she refused to test and decided to use conventional cartridges on Nintendo 64.
Sony, meanwhile, has a great advantage. The company started working on its own platform, starting from the previous prototype of Nintendo PlayStation. And the decision to integrate the drive turned out to be one of the main PlayStation chips, because third-party game developers took advantage of the large amount of CD-ROM. Even if big games are not placed on a plate, the device allows us to insert a new plate, without turning anything off.
Therefore, Sony PlayStation was released in 1994, two years earlier than Nintendo 64, and provided an impressive match. When the Nintendo platform finally hit the shelves, many of her innovation cried in the darkness of the technology revolution committed by PS1.