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Sony confirms Kazuo Hirai as President and CEO
Sony has confirmed the new President and CEO and it’s none other than Kazuo Hirai. Hirai’s promotion was speculated last month but Sony shot down saying nothing was planned. But with the official announcement Kazuo Hirai will assume the new positions from April 1, 2012 whereas the current CEO and President, Sir Howard Stringer [...]
Nikkei: Sony to promote Kazuo Hirai as President
Sony will promote Kazuo Hirai as president, according to a report by Japanese business daily, Nikkei. Hirai is currently the executive deputy president but will take place of Howard Stringer as early as April. Stringer however, will still remain company’s chairman and CEO. The move will be finalized at a board meeting next month. [...]
Kaz Hirai talks about next-gen PSP, hints at touch-physical control combo
Sony executive, Kazuo Hirai recently confirmed that the next-gen PSP or the PSP2 is definitely coming. Talking to New York Times’ Bits Hirai said that they’re in the “successor game since the day PlayStation was released” but to everyone’s dismay did not spill detailed info on the device. He however, spoke about PSP’s controllers [...]
Sony’s Kazuo Hirai says Xbox 360 lacks longevity, Wii not a competitor
Sometimes these type of statements make us chuckle especially when a bigwig comments ignoring the facts. Sony’s boss Kazuo Hirai recently commented on PS3’s competitors. Well, according to him, PS3 is the leader in the current generation console war. This is what he said about Nintendo. “It’s difficult to talk about Nintendo because we [...]