The PlayStation Revolution is an independent documentary feature film that uncovers the incredible story behind the creation of the Sony PlayStation. It is an essential watch for anyone interested in video games and the history of the biggest entertainment industry on earth. The film investigates why Sony decided to enter the video games business, when it was already dominated by both Nintendo and Sega, who not only produced their own hardware but made and published fantastic games. To compete, Sony would not only have to design and build a new piece of hardware, but they would have to find a way to persuade the game development industry to take a chance and develop games for it long before it even came out!
Production
Archival footage that'll make you miss CRTs unironically.
Writing
The Nintendo betrayal story is genuinely wild.
Director
Anthony Caulfield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The infamous Nintendo Play Station prototype—the result of the failed Sony-Nintendo partnership—only two exist. One sold for $360,000 in 2020.
Mark Cerny, interviewed here, later architected the PS4's comeback from PS3's disaster. Sony learned to let engineers lead, not executives.
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