Ken Kutaragi, widely credited as the father of the PlayStation, has pushed back on the popular story that Sony built the console purely to get revenge on Nintendo. He explains that the project instead grew out of the collapse of Sony and Nintendo's planned SNES CD partnership, combined with Sony's resulting push toward independence in the console market. The account reframes PlayStation's creation as a response to circumstance rather than a grudge. PlayStation went on to launch in 1994 and became one of the best-selling console families in gaming history.
Originally reported 3 November 2026. Read the full story with all the details on console-classics.com
