وداعا كين كوتراجي..

SCEI and Sony announce Executive Management Transition at Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

TOKYO, JAPAN, April 26, 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and Sony Corporation (Sony) have jointly announced today that Ken Kutaragi, Representative Director, Chairman and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., will retire from his executive position at SCEI effective June 19, 2007, when SCEI’s annual shareholders’ meeting will take place. Mr. Kutaragi will pass on the torch to the next generation, stepping back from his executive management responsibility of the company to serve as Honorary Chairman of SCEI.

With his deep and instinctive insight into future technology, Mr. Kutaragi will also continue to support Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation, as senior technology advisor.

Concurrently, Kazuo Hirai, currently President and Group COO, SCEI, will be promoted to President and Group CEO, continuing his responsibility as the leader of the PlayStation® business worldwide.

Mr. Kutaragi, well known as the “Father of PlayStation”, invented and launched the original PlayStation in 1994 and its successor, PlayStation 2, in 2000. Since the introduction of PlayStation and subsequently PlayStation 2, these platforms opened up a vast market of computer entertainment. The two platforms combined now have an installed base of more than 200 million units in homes around the world, with more than 2 billion units of PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles shipped worldwide. The third generation of the company’s home computer entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3, launched in November 2006 in Japan and North America and in March 2007 in Europe, will continue to revolutionize the computer entertainment experience with its immense computational power connected to the network.

After completing the launch of PLAYSTATION 3 worldwide, Mr. Kutaragi has decided to pursue his dreams beyond PlayStation and to accelerate his network vision.

“I am happy to graduate from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. after introducing four platforms to the PlayStation family,” said Ken Kutaragi, Chairman and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “It has been an exciting experience to change the world of computer entertainment by marrying cutting edge technologies with creative minds from all over the world. I’m looking forward to building on this vision in my next endeavors.”

“Ken Kutaragi is a rare combination of a powerful visionary and entrepreneur in one figure,” said Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation. “Not only has he created a multi-billion dollar business for the Sony Group, he has brought the industry into a new dimension. Sony has benefited tremendously from his vision, his 2/2 creative genius, and from the very strong team he assembled and nurtured. As Ken moves forward to pursue new opportunities, we will encourage and support him. My support also goes to Kazuo Hirai, who is a terrific executive with a proven track record with PlayStation business in the US. I am confident that he will inspire and lead SCEI to new heights.”

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GSenius قال:

كين كوتراجي سيتقاعد رسميا من سوني في 19 يونيو القادم وراح يحل مكانه كاز هيراي كرئيس ومدير لكل المجموعة.

صراحة ما يسعنا إلا أن نقول شكرا كين كوتراجي على البلاي ستيشن, وراح يتذكرك التاريخ دوما بأنك الشخص الي حقق أكبر ثورة في تاريخ الفيديو جيمز إلى يومنا هذا.

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بس ليش بيطلع !!

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After completing the launch of PLAYSTATION 3 worldwide, Mr. Kutaragi has decided to pursue his dreams beyond PlayStation and to accelerate his network vision

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Tekken قال:

البلاي ستيشن4 بدون لمسات كوتراجي الهندسية؟؟ ما اقدر اتخيل 🙁

جاتني حالة اكتئاب بعد قرائة هذا الخبر ...​

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king zell قال:

وداعا فعلا

أنا متأكد انه شخص متمكن و راح يبحث عن مكان ثاني يقدر يساعد فيه و يقدم جديد مثل ما سوا لالعاب افيديو

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GSenius قال:

فعلا الواحد صار صعب يتخيل الPS4 بدون نظرة كين كوتراجي.. لكن مهما يكن.. الشركة الي طلعت كوتراجي تطلع غيره.. سوني = مصنع المهندسين المهرة :laugh:

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اعتقد صعبة شوي همام 🙁 وبعطيك مثال..

فكرة ال Cell لما عرضها لاول مرة ابهرت الجميع, حتى مهندسين IBM لما عرضها عليهم وهم الي لهم خبرة طووويلة في هذا المجال .. صعب من وجهة نظري ان سوني تعوض واحد بمثل خبرته و ذكائه و نظرته القوية .. 🙁

وفوق هذا انه الرجال كان يحب سوق الألعاب, حبه لهذا السوق كان بيكلفه عمله في فترة من الفترات لولا تدخل رئيس سوني وقتها نوريو اوغا.

صحيح انا ماكنت اتفق معاه في كل شي, ويمكن شفتوني في اكثر من مرة ادافع عن هوارد على حسابه لكن في كل رد كنت ارد واقول انه عبقري وهذا هو الواقع.. وايضاً هو شخص فريد و سوق الفيديو جيمز يستفيد من امثاله .. وما اظن اني بشوف اي شخص ينكر هذه الوقائع..

بنفتقدك 🙁​

Final Fantasy قال:

وداعا يا أب البلاي ستيشن 🙁

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GSenius قال:

الجواب:



🙂

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GSenius قال:

وراح يتذكرك التاريخ دوما بأنك الشخص الي حقق أكبر ثورة في تاريخ الفيديو جيمز إلى يومنا هذا.

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Nintendo would love to add Kutaragi to their team
April 27th, 2007

Nintendo held a press conference this morning to discuss financial gains, new games in the works, and overall plans for the next year. We have been reporting on the goods of that conference all morning long now. What we didn’t get to you are Mr. Iwata’s comments on Ken Kutaragi retiring from Sony.

Mr. Iwata has stated that he would love to see Kutaragi join up with Nintendo. Even though Ken is retiring, he will still hold an honorary position at Sony. Mr. Iwata then stated that honorary position may make it a little tough to work with him.

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Nintendo قال:

لول ايواتا فعلا رهيب .. اليوم بمؤتمر ننتندو للتقرير المالي تحدث عن كوتراجي وانه يتمنى لو يضمه لشركة ننتندو ..

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