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Doesn't this have some relevance to nintendo and sony and their history. I feel like sony wouldn't be where it is right now without that partnership gone bad.

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It has a ton of history in that context. But ultimately history is concerned about larger swaths of people than the design choices of two firms.

The Mona Lisa is a painting by one person of another person at the behest of another person. That's a total of probably three people directly concerned, and it was most likely a commercial transaction. A piece's relevance doesn't come from how many people were involved in its creation or intended use, or whether it was meant to make the creator money.

Sure, but the Mona Lisa gained notoriety for other reasons.

My point with these comments isn't to exactly win people over to this idea. This is an idea I felt like 'fleshing out' with a conversation on HN. I'm not entirely sold on it myself. I can't shake this feeling that not every engineering example needs to be preserved for the ages.

Sure, but insofar as the video game industry is an interesting cultural topic for our age (which I think it is), Nintendo and Sony are probably the most important players in its history, and this prototype represents a pivotal moment for both of them.

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