shuhei yoshida
PlayStation

Sony Hopes Vita Will Stymie Pirates, Please Fans, Last 8 Years

The PlayStation Vita is built to last more than half a decade and is designed to confound pirates more than it confounds the average gamer, Sony’s head of worldwide game development, Shuhei Yoshida, tells Kotaku.

September 26, 2011
Nintendo

Nintendo 3DS Game Bug Sends Players To Big Boob Hell

Senran Kagura, that booby ninja game, is apparently doing pretty well in Japan. Even Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida bought a copy.

September 17, 2011
PlayStation

Sony: The PlayStation Vita Is Region-Free

We’re one step closer to world peace and universal harmony, thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss and recent Tokyo Game Show keynoter Shuhei Yoshida. Asked if Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld would be region-free and capable of playing software from any region, Shuhei said “Yes.”

September 15, 2011
PlayStation

All About PlayStation Vita, From Tokyo Games Show 2011

In moments we are due for a keynote address on Sony’s next-generation handheld system from Tokyo Games Show, courtesy of Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios. He and Kissei Matsumoto, the no. 2 for Sony Computer Entertainment, are expected to present the latest information on the detailed specifications of this state-of-the-art system and its dedicated software titles. Won’t you join us?

August 23, 2011
In Real Life

In The Future, Video Games Will Call You A Big Fat Liar

Kotaku AU

Predicting the future is a tricky business. Back to the Future is a case in point – I was promised hoverboards yet science failed to deliver. Now, at a behind closed doors panel, SEGA boss Shuhei Yoshida has claimed that in ten years times video games would feature “almost dangerous kinds of interactivity”.

August 2, 2011
PlayStation

The Tokyo Game Show Will Tell Us More About The PS Vita

The keynotes at this year’s TGS will be delivered by Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada, Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida, and the president of social gaming company Gree. Japanese netizens speculate that the PS Vita will be dated during Sony’s keynote, the title of which translates as “The PS Vita’s Full Details”.

News

Infamous Studio Is Now All Sony’s

Sony Computer Entertainment has acquired Sucker Punch, the studio behind titles like Infamous and Sly Cooper, the Tokyo-based game giant revealed today.

June 22, 2011
PlayStation

When Did Sony Start Giving Birth To The PS Vita?

Kotaku already broke that Sony had a ¥25,000 ($294) price tag in mind when it began work on the PS Vita and that the company almost dropped the rear-touch feature. Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida filled in more details with Famitsu, like that work began on the Vita in the first half of 2009 and that the current button layout was created with advice from third-party developers.

PlayStation

What If The PlayStation Vita Is Just Another PSP?

I worry about Sony’s new PSP. After the shock of the impressive visuals of Sony’s next-generation portable, the PlayStation Vita, had become familiar, after the pleasant surprise of the new handheld’s price settled in ($US249), I started thinking about the reality of the Vita. Is it just another PSP?

June 11, 2011
PlayStation

PS Vita To PS3 Connectivity Was Driven By Developers, Could Mean Wii U Style Experiences For Sony’s Console

Perhaps the most potentially compelling argument for owning a PlayStation Vita, Sony’s recently renamed NGP handheld, is how beautifully it can play with the PlayStation 3. Connectivity between Sony’s two consoles was driven by developers prototyping for the Vita, the company says, and may eventually lead to the system doing a fairly good impression of Nintendo’s new Wii U.

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