The Birth of the PlayStation

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The Birth of the PlayStation

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Mar 23, 2020

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A failed collaboration between Nintendo and Sony would lead to the birth of one of the most popular video game consoles of all time: the PlayStation. This is the story of how that console was born.
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Mar 23, 2020

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