The $360,000 Playstation

In 1991, Sony announced a console made with Nintendo. The next day, Nintendo dumped them on stage. 🎮💿 This is the story of the Nintendo PlayStation: the Super Nintendo with a CD drive that Sony built, the contract clause that made Nintendo walk, the CES betrayal, Sega laughing off Sony's hardware skills... and the last surviving prototype, found in a $75 box of auction junk and sold for $360,000. So be honest: if Nintendo had signed that contract, would you have ever owned a PlayStation? Tell me your first one in the comments 👇 Subscribe to Burning CDs for the stories behind the games and consoles you love. Chapters: 0:00 The console that shouldn't exist 0:34 Ken Kutaragi and the sound chip 0:51 The 1988 deal 1:11 The catch 1:32 CES 1991: the betrayal 1:55 Sony goes alone 2:22 PlayStation arrives 2:48 Nintendo's consolation prize 3:10 The $75 prototype Sources: PlayStation (console), Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySta...) Super NES CD-ROM, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_N... Sega and Sony almost teamed up (Tom Kalinske), USgamer: https://www.usgamer.net/articles/sega... Meet the man who bought it for $75, Dallas Observer: https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=405... Prototype sells for $360,000, Shacknews: https://shacknews.com/article/116767/... Why FFVII went to PlayStation (Sakaguchi), Automaton: https://automaton-media.com/en/news/2... Zelda CD-i games, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leg... Footage credits: Heritage Auctions; Engadget ("We Turned on the 'Nintendo PlayStation'"); element14 presents / Ben Heck; PlayStation ("Evolution of PlayStation: The Beginning", 30th Anniversary); Nintendo of America (Nintendo Switch Online SNES trailers); Square Enix (Final Fantasy VII); Philips CD-i advert (1991); Link: The Faces of Evil & Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (Philips / Animation Magic); E3 1995 Sony keynote. Used for commentary, criticism and education under fair use. All rights belong to their respective owners. Music & SFX: Epidemic Sound. #playstation #nintendo #gaminghistory #retrogaming #snes #ps1 #burningcds