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Father Of PlayStation Makes New Company
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Another new company. Back in January 2007, PlayStation father Ken Kutaragi spearheaded Bandai Namco/Sony start-up Cellius. Today, it was announced he’s heading up another company. More »
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Evangelion Game Coming To PS3 (Does It Involve The Father Of PS?!)
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A Blu-ray disc version of mecha anime Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone includes a fold-in which what appears to be a new game announcement: an Evangelion title for the PS3. More »
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10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The history of Sony’s original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. More »
Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The history of Sony’s original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. More »
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Former Troubled Tecmo Exec Can Find Work (Can You?)
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Last summer, we broke that former Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda was at the centre of not one Tecmo employee brouhaha, but two. The president eventually resigned, but he’s found another job. Good for him. More »
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Listen To PlayStation Father Talk About… TVs And The Internets!
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ken Kutaragi, former CEO and President of Sony’s PlayStation division, is best known for being the mastermind behind the successful PlayStation consoles. He’s ready to tell you about the future. More »
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Father of PlayStation Soon Lecturing At Japanese University
12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | What is PlayStation creator and former Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi up to these days? Passing on his wisdom, that’s what. More »
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Sony Stresses Importance of Games, Games, Games
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When Kaz Hirai took over Sony Computer Entertainment, the company’s outlook changed. The previous head, PlayStation father Ken Kutaragi, kept talking up the PS3’s other selling points. It was a Blu-ray player! It was a super computer! It had 4D!! Somewhere along the line, the focus that Sony Computer Entertainment made game machines was lost. Hirai has done a sold job of roping that back in. In an interview with Nikkei, Hirai said: More »
Tretton Talks About Kaz’s Influence on the Playstation Universe
7:00AM Brian Crecente | Speaking with a group of game writers earlier this week SCEA head Jack Tretton talked briefly about how Sony Computer Entertainment has benefited under the shift from Ken Kutaragi to Kaz Hirai. Specifically, he talked about the promise that Sony’s regions would be a bit more antonymous under Hirai. “There is no question that Kutaragi-san ruled with an iron fist, but it was his vision”, Tretton said. “In terms of how we went to market in region, that was anonymous”. But Tretton said that Hirai has a better understanding of the company’s day-to-day operations and the challenges they face both in Japan and abroad. More »
Ken Kutaragi Offers His International Business Skills
12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Ever wonder what PlayStation father Ken Kutaragi is up to? After that messy, messy PS3 launch, Kutaragi was elbowed out of the limelight in favour of Sony Computer Entertainment of America honcho Kaz Hirai. Still connected with Sony Computer Entertainment, Kutaragi no longer works for SCE in any active function. More »
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