ABSTRACT

As an extension of the previous agreement, Sony, still under the guidance of Ken Kutaragi, started developing a special CD add-on device, named Super Disc, for the SNES. This device would have allowed the system to play both cartridge titles and the upcoming breed of bigger CD-based games, with Sony retaining the rights for the latter. At the same time, the tech giant also started planning for its own CD-based and SNES-compatible console, code-named Play Station. At the June 1991 CES in Chicago, the new projects were finally unveiled to the public.