That's a very important distinction, between childish and childlike.

This was an extremely engaging read. By getting to know PlayStation's history better, I now have a lot more respect for the brand.

I would love to read another article that elaborates on the details of the original Sony-Nintendo collaborations, though. That image of the Super Famicom/CD hybrid console up there is quite tantalizing, especially since I've somehow never seen it before this article.

However, the history of the SNES and its various CD add-ons, etc. seems to be pretty convoluted and confusing, indeed, based on this forum thread:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126091

After looking through that thread, I can understand why the actual details of the Sony-Nintendo (and Philips) deal(s) were only glossed over in this Edge article. It's really hard trying to clearly understand everything that happened with this SNES CD stuff.

But that's OK. This article was about PlayStation after Nintendo, and for that, it was the best article I've ever read on the subject.

Thank you, Edge.

P.S. some elaboration on the PlayStation logo candidates and controller prototypes would be nice, too.