Was the PlayStation originally supposed to be a Nintendo product?

The answer

In 1988, Nintendo partnered with Sony to develop a CD-ROM peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, codenamed the 'Play Station.' Sony engineer Ken Kutaragi led the project. However, at the Consumer Electronics Show on June 1991, Nintendo publicly announced it was abandoning the Sony partnership in favor of a deal with Philips - reportedly because Nintendo feared Sony's contract gave them too much control over CD-based game licensing. Sony's chairman, Norio Ohga, was furious and authorized Kutaragi to develop a standalone console to compete directly with Nintendo. The result was the PlayStation, launched December 3, 1994, in Japan. It sold over 102 million units, dethroning Nintendo as the dominant console maker and launching a rivalry that continues to this day.