PlayStation

PlayStation is a home video game console. The origins of the console can be traced back to 1988 with the creation of a joint venture between Sony and Nintendo. After the success of the Famicon Disk system, Nintendo wanted to continue that success with an add-on to the upcoming Super Famicom. This ended up as a CD based add-on tentatively titled the Nintendo PlayStation. The add-on was supposed to be announced at the 1991 Consumer Electronics Show, but Nintendo secretly backed out after not being satisfied with their contract with Sony. On the day of the CES, Nintendo surprised everyone, including Sony, that they would instead be partnering with Philips for a CD based add-on. Burned by Nintendo with years of time and resources about to go to waste, Sony decided to take what they have and learned and turn it into a console of their own. This resulted in the PlayStation, which released on December 3, 1994 in Japan.

After being a loyal partner to Nintendo for many years, Square abandoned them in favor of Sony due to the PlayStation being more appealing to work on than the upcoming Nintendo 64. The vast majority of the company's home console output would exclusively appear on Sony platforms for many years to come, including the game Xenogears.

Game

 * Xenogears