What company did Sony originally partner with to create a gaming console?

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Back in the late 1980s, Sony was perfectly content being the company that made other people's gaming dreams come true. They supplied the sound chip for major consoles, ran a small video game studio called Sony Imagesoft, and had their fingers in all sorts of consumer electronics. But in 1988, a company approached them to co-develop a new gaming console that could use Sony's new Super Disc technology. What company did Sony originally partner with to create what would eventually become the PlayStation?



