A lot of Sony's leadership didn't take the PS1 seriously at first with Nintendo and Sega dominating the console space: "They didn't want to be associated with it"

The PlayStation 1 was seen by some as a "fool's errand"

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 67 words · John Park

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Speaking in a recent interview withEurogamer, Layden explains how ecstatic he felt upon first seeing the original PlayStation.

But [then-Sony president Norio] Ohga-san was a believer.

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A lot of people thought we were taking a risk.

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