The Making of the PlayStation 125
Edge Online has an in-depth look at the beginnings of the first PlayStation console. It starts at Sony's partnership with Nintendo, the purpose of which was to integrate a CD-ROM drive into the SNES. A falling out between the companies led Sony to stubbornly pursue a market dominated by Nintendo and Sega. The console's technology and Sony's unusual position in the industry quickly attracted the interest of many developers and publishers, eventually leading to sales that emphatically won that round of the console wars.
"'There was a huge resistance inside the company to actually being in the videogames business at all,' explains Harrison. 'The main reason why the Sony brand wasn't really used in the early marketing of PlayStation was not necessarily out of choice, but it was because Sony's old guard was scared that it was going to destroy this wonderful, venerable, 50-year old brand. They saw Nintendo and Sega as toys, so why on Earth would they join the toy business? That changed a bit after we delivered 90 per cent of the company's profit for a few years.'"
Re:Sony has lost its way (Score:5, Funny)
Kutaragi the hyperbolist was later fired for that mistake.
I prefer the experession "first against the wall when the Revolution came".
Are you insinuating . . . . (Score:4, Funny)
Anything that creates an addiction is bound to be profitable.
. . . that Slashdot is profitable?!?!?!?!?
The next time someone posts one of those "1), 2), 3) Profit!" comments, maybe I should pay attention.
Re:The real problem was Blu-Ray (Score:3, Funny)
Most PS3s cannot play PS2 games, and of the ones that can there are inconsistancies that depend on exactly which model you got (software vs hardware emulation).
Also, most of the end-of-cycle (read "great") ps2 games won't play.
It's Vista all over again.
Re:Know your enemy. (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, Nintendo's in a completely different market than Sony/MS. /sarcasm
Just like the PSP is in a completely different market than the DS, a failing market.
Sony looooves to make this claim. Next thing Sony will be claiming the PS3 is the 'best selling black console on the market' :rolleyes:
Kutaragi is famous for his 'spin'. He once said that PS3 would allow users to actually jack into the Matrix :|
Here's another one: Kutaragi on the PS3's initial price of $599:
"It's probably too cheap... We want consumers to think to themselves, 'I will work more hours to buy one.'"
Kutaragi at his finest :P