Kaz Hirai to Give Tokyo Game Show Keynote
It was just announced that Kaz Hirai, Chairman and current CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, will be giving a keynote at this year’s Tokyo Game Show event. The keynote will be given on the first day of the event at 10:30am and is titled “New Tactics for 2009″. After the keynote, there will also be a panel discussion with several executives from companies such as Sony and Square Enix. Both the keynote and discussion will be focused on strategies to incorporate into the gaming business environment.
The Tokyo Game Show is among the largest gaming conventions of the year, and will be hosted in Chiba, Japan from September 24 to September 27. As with E3, all of the biggest gaming companies gather at TGS to show off new technology and games. Also, huge announcements are common during TGS and this year should be no different. Be sure to check back at PlayStationLifeStyle.net for Tokyo Game Show news as well as highlights from Kaz Hirai’s upcoming keynote.
11 Responses to “Kaz Hirai to Give Tokyo Game Show Keynote”
cool, i’ve always like his keynotes from E3
RIIIIDGEEEE RAACERRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
They chose Kaz because he is good at TAKING SOMETHING PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT, AND MAKING IT SEEM LIKE YOU DIDN’T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT (or he’ll make a good witty remark at the least)
Chiba is better than Tokyo, that’s why all the good stuff is put in Chiba but renamed Tokyo _____
Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Airport
Tokyo Game Show
“New Tactics for 2009″ sure sounds like a boring title for the press conference. I mean there will only be three months left in 2009 while this is going on. Shouldn’t it be 2010?
@ Smokey_vols
Sony’s fiscal year 2009 ends March 31, 2010. When Kaz delivers his keynote, they will only be halfway through the year. Although I agree that the title is kinda boring, “new tactics” could relate to a price cut. But then there’s always that rumor about the price cut/PS3 Slim being announced at GamesCon in August. If that’s true, then I don’t know what Kaz will talk about at TGS.
I miss Phil Harrison so MUUUUUUCH .
Phil is gone get over it and move on!!!!! The only new strategy would be to keep games from going multi-platform in the coming years and how to compete with a new M$ X-box that would be launched before the end of life of the PS3.
I would not be surprised that they mention some new titles for the PS3 going forward and how they plan on rolling out FFXIII/IV online play with Square Eunic being part of a Sony panel discussion.
I suspect that they will also talk more about the PSPGo since it will launch the following week after the show and may announce a pre-bundled package at the $249.99 price point to make sales better than a stand alone would be…
@SPD55
Well I’m over him , we’ll have to wait and see .
This is a likely venue for the ps3 slim announcement, a price cut at games con is more likely due to a monster game that you may have heard of called madden that comes out in aug. The slim would be debuted then to release it for holiday 2009 and to clear out old stock of 80 and 160 gb’s if a price cut happens a month earlier
@spd55
The psp go does come bundled with a game voucher for rockband unplugged… demo. I would not be surpprised if they actually include a game with the go like gt psp for example
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