EarlierReddit forum pageIn the video, it was revealed that Sony used the "SFC-CD" optical disc drive for the Super Nintendo console at the time, as well as a prototype design for a game console that used Super Nintendo game cartridges. In addition to having an appearance similar to the American version of the Super Nintendo console, the body of the console also had the Sony PlayStation logo on it.
Before Sony decided to launch the PlayStation, as we all know it today, it had actually been planning to collaborate with Nintendo as early as 1986 to create a disc-based system that would use optical discs as game storage media, allowing the classic red and white consoles to use game content with a larger storage capacity. However, it was not until later that Nintendo decided to work with Sony to promote the optical disc system for the Super Nintendo, and used the "SFC-CD" as the product code name.
The person who facilitated this collaboration was Ken Kutaragi, who was later called the "Father of Playstation". He had previously lobbied Nintendo to adopt Sony's 8-channel ADPCM technology sound chip "SPC-700" as the sound processing center of the Super Nintendo.
However, Sony's simultaneous plans to release a console compatible with Super Nintendo game cartridges and integrating the "SFC-CD" optical disc drive system, even using Sony's proprietary optical disc data storage format, angered Nintendo, which subsequently terminated the partnership and switched to working with Philips on optical disc drive accessories. Sony, under the leadership of Ken Kutaragi, continued to develop its own video game consoles, culminating in the release of its first PlayStation in December 1994.
The prototype console exposed on Reddit this time is equipped with the function of using Super Nintendo game cartridges and a design similar to the function of optical discs. In addition, the appearance of the console is marked with the Sony PlayStation logo. It is obvious that it may be the prototype model produced by Sony at that time.
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(Photo taken from Reddit forum discussion page)
