During the Developers Conference earlier this week, one of PlayStation's leading men had revealed the true nature of the higher ups when they first released the PlayStation, the first game console in their long line that continues massively strong into today.
House said "PSX was viewed extremely negatively from large parts of the corporation," and "We were asked to volunteer to be part of it and nobody wanted to volunteer to be part of it except for me."
The system started out as a CD add on device as a deal Sony had with Nintendo for the Super Nintendo in competition with Sega's Sega CD, an add on for the Sega Genesis. The add on was later scrapped due to the failure of the Sega CD.
But Sony had different plans, and after Nintendo cut them loose, they made plans of their own to enter the gaming market. This turn of events led to the creation of the PSone (or PSX).
House had gone on to say "When I moved to SCE, my then boss said I was an idiot, why would I want to work on a toy. and that ‘It will never be a major part of Sony’s business.'
Of course his boss must have begged to differ as soon as the PlayStation took over the gaming world in its first generation of being a console, outselling both Nintendo's N64 and Sega's Saturn throughout that generation by a long shot, and continued to do so up until the PS3, and made a handheld console that was the only one to ever stand in competition with Nintendo's immensely popular GameBoy and DS lines.
Today, the PS4 is dominating the 8th generation so far, with nearly 8 million consoles sold in its first 9 months, overtaking the Nintendo Wii U and its competitor the Xbox One, and is sure to continue through the many years to come.
Hard to think that something so doubted would end up being a companies strong point, and ended up trouncing the market for so long.
What are your thoughts on these words? How do you think it would have impacted the brand if nobody was optimistic about it?
During the Developers Conference earlier this week, one of PlayStation's leading men had revealed the true nature of the higher ups when they first released the PlayStation, the first game console in their long line that continues massively strong into today.
House said "PSX was viewed extremely negatively from large parts of the corporation," and "We were asked to volunteer to be part of it and nobody wanted to volunteer to be part of it except for me."
The system started out as a CD add on device as a deal Sony had with Nintendo for the Super Nintendo in competition with Sega's Sega CD, an add on for the Sega Genesis. The add on was later scrapped due to the failure of the Sega CD.
But Sony had different plans, and after Nintendo cut them loose, they made plans of their own to enter the gaming market. This turn of events led to the creation of the PSone (or PSX).
House had gone on to say "When I moved to SCE, my then boss said I was an idiot, why would I want to work on a toy. and that ‘It will never be a major part of Sony’s business.'
Of course his boss must have begged to differ as soon as the PlayStation took over the gaming world in its first generation of being a console, outselling both Nintendo's N64 and Sega's Saturn throughout that generation by a long shot, and continued to do so up until the PS3, and made a handheld console that was the only one to ever stand in competition with Nintendo's immensely popular GameBoy and DS lines.
Today, the PS4 is dominating the 8th generation so far, with nearly 8 million consoles sold in its first 9 months, overtaking the Nintendo Wii U and its competitor the Xbox One, and is sure to continue through the many years to come.
Hard to think that something so doubted would end up being a companies strong point, and ended up trouncing the market for so long.
What are your thoughts on these words? How do you think it would have impacted the brand if nobody was optimistic about it?