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2.
PLAYSTATION
The first playstation from Sony
almost didn’t happen. Originally
the system was a joint project
between Sony and Nintendo
where Sony was developing a
CD-ROM for Nintendo’s Super
Famicom - something Sony re-
vealed at the 1991 Consumer
Electronics Show. The story
goes that a day after the an-
nouncement, Nintendo decided
to instead go with Phillips due
to both Sony and Nintendo un-
able to agree on a revenue
split. Sony was n ot happy and
President Norio Ohga appoint-
ed Ken Kutaragi as the head of
the PlayStation project. Still the
project had another hurdle to
overcome at a board meeting.
The meeting held in June of 92
had Kutaragi remind the board