Playstation Origins

How much of the market did Sega capture before the Playstation was released?

• 52%

• 48%

• 26%

• 30%

What was one of the most innovative products Sony released - a portable music product?

• The Walkman

• The Walkboy

• The Talkboy

• The Talkman

While Sega was releasing 70-80 games of its own while Nintendo...

• waited for the next Miyamoto game, basically.

• Put all its resources into Donkey Kong Country

• Didn't worry about it.

• Prepped for their new CD system.

What spurred Nintendo to initially partner up with Sony in the early 90s?

• The imminent release of the Sega CD add-on for the Genesis.

• They were always ahead of new tech.

• They shared board members.

• They loved CDs.

What was the original Playstation supposed to be?

• A Super Nintendo sold with a CD add-on, similar to the Sega CD.

• A Sony system meant to rival the SNES.

• A multiplayer arcade experience

• A cd player that could play games.

What Sony engineer led the Playstation project with Nintendo?

• Ken Kutaragi

• Kin Kutarazi

• Ken Masters

• Kutar Kentagi

What was Sony's initial opposition to the video game business?

• They were not a "toy" company and did not want to enter that world.

• They did not understand why people played games.

• They never thought they could top Mario or Sonic.

• They wanted to get into movies, not games.

Why didn't Nintendo really like Sony's deal with CDs for the initial Playstation?

• Nintendo would not own the medium, the CD, like they owned production of cartridges.

• Nintendo didn't want to work with another Japanese company.

• Nintendo didn't understand how CD's worked.

• They didn't think Sony could make games.

What was Nintendo's betrayal of Sony, and who with?

• Nintendo partnered with Philips, and made the Philips CDi.

• With Sanyo and the 3DO

• with Sega and the Sega CD

• with Mattel and the EZ Bake Oven

What did Ken Kutaragi design for the original PSX?

• Its CPU.

• Its motherboard.

• Its optical drive.

• Its shell case.