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Chapter 03 of 5

The Birth of the Betrayal

Sony's revenge after a botched Nintendo partnership changes everything.

  1. The Partnership

    A Rare Alliance

    In 1988, Nintendo and Sony signed a deal to create a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo.

  2. Secret Weapon

    The 'Play Station' Prototype

    Sony's Ken Kutaragi envisioned a hybrid machine that played both SNES cartridges and new high-capacity discs.

  3. The Betrayal

    Public Humiliation

    At CES 1991, one day after Sony announced their partnership, Nintendo revealed they were actually working with Philips instead.

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🎮 The Console Wars

  1. 01The Great Crash of '83How Atari's greed nearly killed the industry before it truly began.
  2. 02Genesis Does What Nintendon'tSega brings 16-bit attitude to challenge the NES monopoly.
  3. 03The Birth of the BetrayalSony's revenge after a botched Nintendo partnership changes everything.
  4. 04The Billion-Dollar Hardware CrisisXbox enters the fray and survives the deadly Red Ring of Death.
  5. 05Beyond the Plastic BoxMobile, Cloud, and the death of traditional hardware cycles.