EA Founder Denies Giving Sony The Idea For PlayStation

Trip Hawkins sets the record straight.

The Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins has denied giving Sony the idea for the PlayStation, following a claim from the former EA executive Bing Gordon in the recent Amazon Prime documentary series It’s In The Game: Madden NFL.

The new docuseries was released on Amazon Prime late last month and spans four episodes covering the making of Electronic Arts’ Madden series of American football games, with episode two, in particular, touching upon the departure of Hawkins from the company to create the 3DO and the arrival of the PlayStation on the market.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

Trip Hawkins sets the record straight.

The Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins has denied giving Sony the idea for the PlayStation, following a claim from the former EA executive Bing Gordon in the recent Amazon Prime documentary series It’s In The Game: Madden NFL.

The new docuseries was released on Amazon Prime late last month and spans four episodes covering the making of Electronic Arts’ Madden series of American football games, with episode two, in particular, touching upon the departure of Hawkins from the company to create the 3DO and the arrival of the PlayStation on the market.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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