A figure credited as the father of PlayStation has disputed the widely told story that Sony created the console purely out of revenge against Nintendo. The familiar narrative holds that Sony, after being dropped by Nintendo from the SNES CD add-on project, turned its work into a standalone rival system that went on to outsell the Nintendo 64. In a new interview, he says he was not aiming to crush Nintendo, pushing back on the idea that spite drove the project. The PlayStation launched in the 1990s and became Sony's entry into the console market, eventually making it Nintendo's biggest home console rival.
Originally reported 30 October 2026. Read the full story with all the details on timeextension.com
