Sony almost released a battery-powered PS1 inside a DualShock controller, but it was cancelled due to royalty disputes with itself
It turns out Sony had plans for a battery-powered PS1 crammed inside a DualShock controller, and it would have been a plug-and-play precursor to the PlayStation Classic. Armed with a memory card slot and a moulded composite video cable, it would have provided the Brazilian market with a way to play ten classic games via a memory card, but "Sony Licensing couldn't get their act together about the royalty terms."Dubbed the PlayStation PUGA, the retro console Dualshock hybrid features in a talk by
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