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The Making of the PlayStation
Edge Online has an in-depth look at the beginnings of the first PlayStation console. It starts at Sony's partnership with Nintendo, the purpose of which was to integrate a CD-ROM drive into the SNES. A falling out between the companies led Sony to stubbornly pursue a market dominated by Nintendo and Sega. The console's technology and Sony's unusual position in the industry quickly attracted the interest of many developers and publishers, eventually leading to sales that emphatically won that round of the console wars.
"'There was a huge resistance inside the company to actually being in the videogames business at all,' explains Harrison. 'The main reason why the Sony brand wasn't really used in the early marketing of PlayStation was not necessarily out of choice, but it was because Sony's old guard was scared that it was going to destroy this wonderful, venerable, 50-year old brand. They saw Nintendo and Sega as toys, so why on Earth would they join the toy business? That changed a bit after we delivered 90 per cent of the company's profit for a few years.'"
Kutaragi the hyperbolist was later fired for that mistake.
I prefer the experession "first against the wall when the Revolution came".
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
Anything that creates an addiction is bound to be profitable.
. . . that Slashdot is profitable?!?!?!?!?
The next time someone posts one of those "1), 2), 3) Profit!" comments, maybe I should pay attention.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!