Sony CEO Howard Stinger announced a major reorganization of the struggling company's c-level executives today, starting with the addition of the title of president to Stringer's existing titles of chairman and CEO of the company. This move means current president Ryoji Chubachi will step down from the position to become vice-chairman. In his new role, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Sony may adamantly insist they have no stereo 3D hardware products in development; but at CES 2009, there were plenty shown off to enthusiastic attendees. How do Sony's premiere racing titles "Gran Turismo" and "Motorstorm: Pacific Rift" look in three dimensions? Read on to find out.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
Speaking to a crowd of Sony faithful and journalists at CES 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai offered up some numbers for the whimsical and woefully under-selling "LittleBigPlanet." It seems that, since its launch, the game has sold 1.3 million copies worldwide, which have been used to create 300k levels (which feature a total [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sony PlayStation boss Kazuo Hirai did a funny thing this morning -- after telling a Tokyo audience of investors and businessmen that the PlayStation 3's success solidly stems from positioning the device "first and foremost as a gaming platform," he spent the rest of his presentation at the Sony Group Corporate Strategy Update explaining how [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Today, Sony revealed that they will finally provide the in-game XrossMediaBar functionality that was first demonstrated back in 2006, as well as the "trophy" achievement system promised in early 2007, as a part of their v2.4 software update for the PlayStation 3. They're not saying when it will arrive, but perhaps that's a wise choice; [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
Yesterday, we suggested that industry analysts would be a far more reliable source of prognostication than cautiously spinning studio executives, but we forgot that there is another semi-reliable source that has even greater access to sales data -- the GameStop corporation. Following today's quarterly earnings report, CEO Dick Fontaine told investors that the industry is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Next-Gen is reporting some very optimistic comments from Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, who spoke about the past and future of the PlayStation 3 at Sony's PlayStation Day. Kaz didn't beat around the bush, admitting candidly that the PS3 had an "underwhelming" first year, but promising bigger and brighter futures for the console.
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