I thought I would give another pop culture snippet. One later on in the 20th century of my TL. Since it's very loosely inspired by that TL, a special shout-out goes to @RySenkari and @Nivek for their iconic Player Two Start saga.
Long story short, Nintendo and Sony eventually go through with the SNES-CD, but under very different circumstances from anything that came close to happening IOTL. For starters, instead of a mere collaboration in 1988, Sony proposes a full-on merger with Nintendo. After a few ruffles are fixed, such as an agreement on who gets the profits for whatever games (the console's profits are split between the two studios, whereas profits on each game ultimately depend on who publishes it), the merger goes through. A result of this is that instead of doing so through an add-on, the SNES uses CDs from the very beginning.
This goes on into 1997, where the PlayStation is transformed into TTL's analogue to the Nintendo 64. It even becomes famous for how the controller is colored to make the buttons and their respective functions easy to understand.
Red: Pause, select, and start buttons.
Orange: shoulder buttons
Yellow: A, X, B, Y Buttons
Green: Camera analogue stick
Blue: Movement analogue stick
Purple: D-pad
Long story short, Nintendo and Sony eventually go through with the SNES-CD, but under very different circumstances from anything that came close to happening IOTL. For starters, instead of a mere collaboration in 1988, Sony proposes a full-on merger with Nintendo. After a few ruffles are fixed, such as an agreement on who gets the profits for whatever games (the console's profits are split between the two studios, whereas profits on each game ultimately depend on who publishes it), the merger goes through. A result of this is that instead of doing so through an add-on, the SNES uses CDs from the very beginning.
This goes on into 1997, where the PlayStation is transformed into TTL's analogue to the Nintendo 64. It even becomes famous for how the controller is colored to make the buttons and their respective functions easy to understand.
Red: Pause, select, and start buttons.
Orange: shoulder buttons
Yellow: A, X, B, Y Buttons
Green: Camera analogue stick
Blue: Movement analogue stick
Purple: D-pad
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