![]() ![]() ![]() PlayStation 3 followed in 20 saw the launch of PlayStation 4.Ĭompeting with the likes of Microsoft’s Xbox, PlayStation is the most powerful game console in the market today. After the initial success, Sony went on to innovate further and PlayStation 2 was launched in 2000. It is the first game console to have sold more than a 100 million units worldwide. Today, PlayStation is the most successful game console. ![]() From then, there was no looking back for Ken Kutaragi and his team. The popularity soon skyrocketed and prompted a worldwide release in 1995. The first edition of the PlayStation had a ground breaking launch in 1994 in Japan. Electronic Arts and Namco were the first ones to show interest who later on became major partners with the platform. The PlayStation was demonstrated to Game Developers. It took a lot of hard work and the efforts finally bore fruit in 19 94. Both project and the team were then shifted to Sony Music, which was a separate financial entity. The idea was presented to the board in 1992 and was swiftly rejected by a majority of members. Philips was roped in place of Sony.įurious with the development, Norio Ohga entrusted development of the PlayStation platform to Ken Kutaragi. After Sony announced a console with their CD-ROM system into the market, Nintendo cancelled the deal due to an unresolved dispute with revenue sharing. This was a bold move, a definite risk making a game for a major player in the market. In 1988 Sony and Nintendo struck a deal to create a CD-ROM system called the Super Disk for the Nintendo Super Famicom (Super Nintendo Entertainment System). What do you do when you hit a dead end? When years of hard work and effort bear no fruit and a promising deal goes south? Ken Kutaragi, the father of the PlayStation will tell you why not to give up and how self-belief is always the key to success.Įxpecting a video game business to boom was a dicey idea, particularly in an era where there were no smartphones. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |