Posts Tagged ‘Kaz Hirai’

Kaz Hirai Sets Sights High, Aims to Elevate Sony and PlayStation Brand to No. 1
Friday, February 3rd, 2012

While Sony may not have had the best Q3, Kaz Hirai isn’t letting that get him down, as he sets his sights high for the future of Sony Corp. and the PlayStation brand in particular. During Sony’s quarterly financial call, Hirai shared his intentions to take the PlayStation brand to the number one spot in [...]

Say Hello to the New Sony Entertainment Network
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

It’s no secret that Sony embraces many types of entertainment and not just video games, so to capitalize on that they are introducing the new Sony Entertainment Network.

Sony Confirms PS4 Development
Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Although it’s obvious that the major console manufactures, including Sony, start work on another console as soon as one is finished, the company haven’t openly confirmed a future console’s development… until now.

Sony Confirms the Obvious; PSN Milestones Were Buffered for Shock Value
Monday, May 2nd, 2011

It wasn’t long ago that Sony confidently revealed that there are over well over 60 million PlayStation Network accounts, a number that rivals anyone and anything in the industry. Many weren’t fooled by the milestone, and instantly identified that it includes all accounts ever created, even those which are inactive or used as double accounts [...]

Sony Schedules Press Conference to Discuss the Status and Future of PSN
Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Unless you’ve been away on vacation for the past couple weeks, chances are you’ve been inconvenienced by the PlayStation Network being down. Sony has been working day and night to restore the service since it was taken down for maintenance on April 19th. While some questions have been answered, consumers are becoming frustrated, and as [...]

Yoshida: NGP and PSP Can Co-Exist
Monday, February 14th, 2011

Thanks to the latest announcements of the Next Generation Portable and Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, interest in the PlayStation brand is stronger than ever. With PlayStation Suite essentially bringing the PlayStation Store to certified Android devices, it is clear that the PlayStation brand is expanding into new frontiers for the platform. But with the future [...]

Hirai: PlayStation Suite Could be Google TV Killer App
Thursday, February 10th, 2011

During the PlayStation Meeting event that happened in Tokyo, Japan on January 27th, the NGP stole the show. But also announced during that event, was PlayStation Suite, service bringing PlayStation-quality games to Android smartphones. Shortly after the event, there was talk of PlayStation Suite extending to other platforms in the future, one of which could [...]

Hirai Talks PSP2, PlayStation Phone and Possible Confusion
Friday, December 24th, 2010

Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, provided a few clues on two topics that the web has been in a frenzy over: The PSP2 and the PSP Phone.

Kaz Hirai: Goal For PS3 is to Beat PS2
Friday, August 27th, 2010

Sibling rivalry exists between any set of brothers and sisters. It apparently even exists amongst videogame consoles, as the PS3 has quite a challenge set by Kaz Hirai.

PlayStation 2 Surpasses Unimaginable 150 Million Units Milestone
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Sony’s world-famous PlayStation 2 platform is not only known by many as the best-selling console of all time, but is regarded as the best gaming platform of all-time. With its wide-range of popular titles, great support and brand-name loyalty, the PS2 has continued to sell strong for roughly 10-years now. It isn’t done yet, though, [...]

Sony’s Peter Dille Talks PlayStation Network
Monday, February 8th, 2010

Sony has revealed that they are “actively thinking” about some sort of premium PSN service, and also reveal their plans for digital distribution.

Kaz Confirms Premium PSN Subscription Service
Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Yesterday, the PlayStation Network turned three, with Sony highlighting the free nature of the service. However, data from a Sony slide presentation, viewable here, appears to show that some form of a subscription service will be coming to the PSN as a future source of income for the company.

PS3 Called Upon to Save the Day
Monday, October 5th, 2009

Despite 2008 being a great year for the PlayStation 3, the Sony Computer Entertainment Division and Sony Corporation as a whole where in the red. While hope for 2009 is not much better, the electronics and entertainment industrial giants have a fall-back.

Sweet Slim Sales Figures Revealed
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Just announced at the currently on-going Kaz Hirai Keynote at Tokyo Game Show was some statistics regarding the recently released PS3 Slim. In three weeks of being on worldwide retail shelves, the PS3 Slim has sold 1 million consoles. This is very strong numbers for a new console iteration.