Kaz Hirai
Kaz Hirai
Kazuo "Kaz" Hiraiis the President and CEO of Sony Corporation. He also serves as a member of the board of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony. He was noted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most powerful executives in the entertainment industry. Hirai became the President and CEO of Sony on April 1, 2012...
delay finishing game hard point putting rather rush studios stuff touches week
It's hard to tell at this point in time. Even at our first-party studios we're putting the finishing touches on the games. I'd rather delay a game by a week or two then rush stuff out there.
base double
We're going to try to double the installed base between now and the end of the year.
business crowded enter format growth psp totally
PSP will enter an already crowded space, but one with much growth opportunities. PSP is a new format and a new business for us. It is a totally new play experience.
leave open
Like the Internet, the PS2 is a very open model. If there is no revenue, there is no royalty. We leave it up to the publishers.
buy disposable games
We know they buy more games with more disposable income.
attempted innovation keeping levels success taken technology vision
We have always attempted to do things differently. Our vision has taken us to unprecedented levels of success and innovation. Just keeping up with conventional technology is not enough for us.
device entertainment obviously plays portable position
One of the things we've always strived to do was position this as a new portable entertainment device that obviously plays games, but has so much more to offer,
computer entertainment sony time waiting
All of us at Sony Computer Entertainment have been waiting a long time for this moment,