Ken Kutaragi securing an inroad with Nintendo, by going behind his own company’s back to negotiate the SNES’s sound chip, was clever risk-taking.
Sony as a corporate entity writing the SNES-CD “Play Station” deal ambiguously, so they could license games without Nintendo’s approval, was greed that borders on fraud.
Nintendo informing Sony they’d cancelled that deal and partnered with Philips, at the Consumer Electronics Show, after Sony’s SNES-CD presentation, was straight-up dramatic bitch behavior.
Ken dragging the project into a full platform out of pride and spite is honestly just impressive.
Ken Kutaragi securing an inroad with Nintendo, by going behind his own company’s back to negotiate the SNES’s sound chip, was clever risk-taking.
Sony as a corporate entity writing the SNES-CD “Play Station” deal ambiguously, so they could license games without Nintendo’s approval, was greed that borders on fraud.
Nintendo informing Sony they’d cancelled that deal and partnered with Philips, at the Consumer Electronics Show, after Sony’s SNES-CD presentation, was straight-up dramatic bitch behavior.
Ken dragging the project into a full platform out of pride and spite is honestly just impressive.