What If the Nintendo Play Station was actually released?

The Turbografx-16 and its CD-ROM add-on

Remember the Turbographx-CD? Probably not

As mentioned before, Nintendo broke off the partnership with Sony after they realized they were getting the short end of the stick, financially speaking. But, what if that wasn't the case? What if the terms had been negotiated and the SNES-CD/Play Station had been released as planned? What would the gaming world look like?

Even without the potential competition from Nintendo, both NEC and Sega's CD-ROM add-ons did pretty poorly, both in sales and reception. Neither had a library of games that encouraged owners to shell out a couple hundred extra bucks to play games on a system they already owned - or most likely didn't already own, in the case of the Turbograpfx-16 (come on, only, like, six people owned that thing in the US).

On top of that, one of the games that the US government's hearings on video game violence centered around was Night Trap - which was a Sega CD exclusive. Parents were certainly not about to pay for a system that played that game, even if the scrutiny was unwarranted.

If Nintendo and Sony had released the Play Station as planned, it's not as if they would have a lot of stiff competition. But, would Nintendo still be able to play nice with others? Would the Play Station be able to succeed where the Sega and Turbografx CDs failed?

Let's say they could, and did...