Speaking of the biggest suspense in the gaming industry “What would have happened if the partnership had not been broken up?“One of them, that must be “Nintendo PlayStation” ——A hybrid console created by Nintendo and Sony in the early 1990s. However, this cooperation was eventually “betrayed” and became a regrettable page in history, which also led to the independent birth of PlayStation.
As early as 2016, this legendary prototype appeared in front of the world for the first time. Later even $360,000 It was sold at a sky-high price. At that time, everyone thought it was the only one in the world.
But now it seems——It’s not the only one at all.
Sony’s “Father of PlayStation” actually owns one
According to a photographer/videographer from Tokyo Julian Domanski Sharing content onKen KutaragiWhen we met, we were surprised to find a Nintendo PlayStation in the other person’s cabinet!
Domanski wrote:
“I never thought that one day I would actually be able to touch such a rare thing, and today I actually came across a Nintendo PlayStation! Everyone thought that the last one had been sold at auction for $300,000, but it turned out that former Sony CEO Ken Kutaragi had one at home. He even signed a PS1 for me!”
Attached with photo evidence (the original tweet has been removed), this post also sparked heated discussions in the community.
In the hands of Takeru Kutaragi Nintendo PlayStation prototype (pictured left), looks slightly different from the version previously sold at auction (pictured on the right),Especially in the color of the logo and the word design of the “Eject” and “Reset” buttons, the difference is very obvious.
The dream of a CD player being “released” by Nintendo
This also reminds people of that turning point in the history of the industry. Former Sony executive Shawn Layden In a recent interview with Eurogamer, he said: “Nintendo almost asked Ken Kutaragi toStanding in front of the altar with a CD player and being abandoned。」
At that time, Nintendo suddenly switched to cooperation with Philips at the last minute, which caused the SNES CD-ROM loading system created by Sony to be dead, and they parted ways – prompting Sony to develop its own PlayStation console.
Although this period of history has long been over, but now we actually know that Kutaragi KenI have been secretly keeping that dream console, can’t help but make people feel emotional and interesting.
Is there still a mysterious game hidden in his house?
In a recent episode of the Minnmax Podcast, Sony veteran Shuhei Yoshida He also recalled that he played an “almost completed space shooting game” on that console in his early years.
Maybe one day if you really look through Kutaragi Kenie’s warehouse, you will find the prototype of that unpublished game…
