Sony's entrance into gaming (was:reading material)

In a message dated 7/31/01 11:12:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, xxxxxx@ic.net 
writes:

> Sony might not have been a player had the SNES garnered more strength over
>  here.

In actuality, Sony would not have been a player if their CD add-on for the 
SNES was not unceremoniously scrapped by Nintendo. After their plans for a 
stand alone S.Famicom based CD game system (no cart slot, CD only, 
tentatively called in the development stages--the Playstation!!) which I 
think would have failed IMHO, could not come to fruition, they were given the 
fuel to go ahead with their own system. And the rest, they say, is history. 
So we have Nintendo to thank for the PSX taking over the world.