The PlayStation Story: How Sony Turned Humiliation into Gaming Gold

In 1991, Sony stood on stage and announced a finished CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo. The next morning, at the same event, Nintendo announced it was partnering with Philips instead, cutting Sony out entirely. This episode traces what happened next: how that public humiliation turned into the original PlayStation, the "299" moment that broke Sega's price, the games that convinced adults gaming was worth taking seriously, and the console's own successor already being built while it was still on top.