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Life After Ken
Following last week's announcement that long-serving Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi is retiring, much attention has been focused on his past achievements and on the corporate machinations which led to his retirement.
This is, of course, perfectly justified. The man dubbed as the "Father of PlayStation" is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of interactive entertainment. His legacy is immense; he entered an industry which catered to children and a niche, geeky audience, and leaves behind one which is a mass-market, fully accepted form of media to almost anyone under the age of 35.
However, there's a more immediate question to be considered as well - namely, what the repercussions of Kutaragi's retirement will be for Sony itself in the near term, especially in light of the uphill struggle the company still faces with the PS3.
Taken in that context, the significance of this retirement is interesting. It's widely accepted that Kutaragi did not retire voluntarily - to do so at his age, given that he has worked at Son
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Ken Kutaragi, CEO, Cellius
Without the vision and perseverance of Ken Kutaragi, it's hard to imagine that the global popularity that video games enjoy today within popular culture would even exist. Ken Kutaragi's PlayStation - a brand that has transcended gaming and become a part of the entertainment and pop culture venacular - has become synonymous with gaming to hundreds of millions of fans. There are over 230 million PlayStations and PlayStation 2s in homes across the world. And both PSP and PlayStation 3 have experienced major sales boosts in 2008.
Kutaragi, who was not an avid gamer himself, has said he saw the potential of interactive entertainment through his daughter's love of Nintendo's Famicom. While at Sony, which at the time had no interest in videogames, Kutaragi secretly created the SPC700 sound chip for Nintendo's SNES console. It's that relationship with Nintendo, which lead to Sony's involvement in the eventually-canceled SNES-CD add-on device, that eventually gave birth to Sony's PlayS
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Sony's PlayStation architect resigns
The chief architect of Sony Corp.'s flagship PlayStation game console will retire in June as the company struggles to retain dominance in the video game industry and revive its flagging reputation as an electronics and entertainment pioneer.
Ken Kutaragi, 56, an icon among gamers, will step down as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s chairman and group chief executive, Tokyo-based Sony said Thursday. He will be replaced by Kazuo Hirai, who is now president and chief operating officer of the division.
In December, Kutaragi was relieved of day-to-day responsibilities as president of the video game unit but stayed on as its chief executive and chairman.
Kutaragi's most recent brainchild, the PlayStation 3 console, came out in November but was marred by embarrassing production shortages and a $600 price tag that some Sony fans said was too steep. For the past several months, Sony has resorted to giving away free game titles and other marketing gimmicks to spur sales.
Sony has also struggled to expand beyond the young, male demographic of s
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