![TIL that the Sony PlayStation was never meant to be a product. It was intended to be a new console that would play exclusively Nintendo games on CDs. Instead Nintendo backed out TIL that the Sony PlayStation was never meant to be a product. It was intended to be a new console that would play exclusively Nintendo games on CDs. Instead Nintendo backed out](https://external-preview.redd.it/n5u1DoKFoAC329OG7mStOfRYADZzUVLUNtf2rLz3Dao.jpg?auto=webp&s=f00ad26e705dba30d8f7c89329fb8f83a2e425a9)
TIL that the Sony PlayStation was never meant to be a product. It was intended to be a new console that would play exclusively Nintendo games on CDs. Instead Nintendo backed out
![IGN on Twitter: "The “Nintendo PlayStation” prototype was developed as part of a potential partnership between Nintendo and Sony to play both SNES cartridges and CD-based games: https://t.co/IsgJKh4PIt https://t.co/0JhJiZ2lfH" / Twitter IGN on Twitter: "The “Nintendo PlayStation” prototype was developed as part of a potential partnership between Nintendo and Sony to play both SNES cartridges and CD-based games: https://t.co/IsgJKh4PIt https://t.co/0JhJiZ2lfH" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESdJ4UgWAAAoQNg.jpg:large)
IGN on Twitter: "The “Nintendo PlayStation” prototype was developed as part of a potential partnership between Nintendo and Sony to play both SNES cartridges and CD-based games: https://t.co/IsgJKh4PIt https://t.co/0JhJiZ2lfH" / Twitter
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Auctioned Nintendo PlayStation Prototype Console Will Be the Most Expensive Video Game Item Ever, Current Bid is $350,000 - IGN
IGN - The current bid for the prototype "Nintendo PlayStation" is at $350,000, beating out the previous record holder, a $100,150 test market copy of Super Mario Bros. | Facebook
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R, China. 1st Dec, 2015. The ultra rare 1991 Nintendo Sony Playstation prototype games console on display at HMV Central Hong Kong. Terry Diebold has discovered an ultra-rare
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With a bit of luck and around US$1 million you could own a Nintendo PlayStation - NotebookCheck.net News
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Sega's Saturn, the Nintendo 64, and Sony's PlayStation jockeyed for position in the 'Platform Wars' of the mid-'90s
![Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R, China. 1st Dec, 2015. The ultra rare 1991 Nintendo Sony Playstation prototype games console on display at HMV Central Hong Kong. Terry Diebold has discovered an ultra-rare Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R, China. 1st Dec, 2015. The ultra rare 1991 Nintendo Sony Playstation prototype games console on display at HMV Central Hong Kong. Terry Diebold has discovered an ultra-rare](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GG0076/hong-kong-hong-kong-sar-china-1st-dec-2015-the-ultra-rare-1991-nintendo-GG0076.jpg)