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Episode 171:

The Great Betrayal

Runtime: 64 Minutes

Today, we're going to tell you the story of the Sony PlayStation. We'll start by looking at the early history of Sony. The story continues with the career of Ken Kutaragi, leading up to the SNES-CD project. We'll explore how that joint venture between Sony and Nintendo eventually became the Sony PlayStation. Let's explore some business shenanigans on today's trip down Memory Card Lane.

Wasteland

References:

Game-Specific Wiki:

  Playstation Wiki

Additional Sources:

  Wikipedia, "Ken Kutaragi"
  Kotaku, "The Weird History Of The Super NES CD-ROM, Nintendo's Most Notorious Vaporware"
  Polygon, "The history of PlayStation was almost very different"
  Polygon, "The legacy of PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi, in 24 stories"
  Eurogamer, "Farewell, Father"
  Wikipedia, "Psygnosis"
  Wikipedia, "Namco System 11"

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/