Sega passing on the Playstation. Most people are aware that Nintendo gave Sony the shove-off on the SNES Playstation and instead took the licensing deal with Phillips, but I don't think many know (or remember) that Sega did the same thing. Sega of America's Tom Kalinske met with Olaf Olafsson, who suggested making a new CD console that would be a step up from the Sega CD and made by Sony. Apparently the Sega of Japan board turned down Kalinske and when he went to President Nakayama the same thing happened. I only say this because Sega came damn close to competing with Nintendo in the 16-bit era and I wonder what would have happened if we had the Sega Playstation instead of Sony crushing the Saturn in 1995 (US/Europe only, Saturn lived a long and happy life in Japan).