Tag Archives: Hiroshi Kawano

Tue, Apr 02, 2013 | 22:21 BST

Sony restructure sees three Asian headquarters merged into single division

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Sony has dissolved Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Asia and Pan-Asia into a single entity, dubbed Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia.

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Tue, Mar 05, 2013 | 00:46 GMT

Vita sales quadruple following Japanese price cut

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Vita hardware sales have somewhat unsurprisingly surged in the wake of a price reduction in Japan.

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Mon, Feb 25, 2013 | 06:36 GMT

Sony President admits he hasn’t seen final PS4 design

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Are you annoyed with Sony’s inability to show the actually the PS4 at Wednesday’s New York reveal? Well, don’t be. Even Hiroshi Kawano, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, has indicated he doesn’t know what the final console will look like.

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Wed, Feb 20, 2013 | 15:52 GMT

Sony admits PS Vita sales are below expectations, discusses price drop

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Sony has stated that PS Vita sales are currently behind the company’s projections, but that the console’s newly-announced price drop will get more people playing the handheld moving forward.

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Tue, Jun 12, 2012 | 23:10 BST

Sony Japan CEO on what PlayStation has in store for Japan

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This week’s Dengeki PlayStation magazine has a lengthy interview with SCE Japan CEO Hiroshi Kawano, giving us a glimpse of what the company has in store for its home territory.

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Wed, Sep 28, 2011 | 11:48 BST

Vita Japanese launch originally planned for early December, admits SCEJ boss

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PlayStation Vita was due to release in Japan on December 3 instead of its since-confirmed December 17 release in the country, SCEJ boss Hiroshi Kawano has said in Famitsu this week.

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Fri, Sep 16, 2011 | 15:09 BST

SCEJ president doesn’t see 3DS or smartphones as Vita competitors

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SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano doesn’t feel Nintendo’s 3DS is a direct competitor to Vita, due to the two handhelds being vastly different from each other in not only looks and tech, but price point.

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Thu, Sep 15, 2011 | 19:17 BST

Sony: “Ask Capcom,” if you want to know why Monster Hunter 4 isn’t on Vita

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SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano has quipped that if you want to know the reason why Monster Hunter 4 is not heading to Vita, “ask Capcom.”

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Fri, Aug 05, 2011 | 16:00 BST

Sony to announce Vita release date at Tokyo Game Show

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Just a day after confirming that it’ll release in Japan this year, with Europe and US to follow early next year, Sony has said it’ll announce the release date of PlayStation Vita at Tokyo Game Show.

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Mon, Jul 25, 2011 | 15:27 BST

Public to get first Vita hands-on at Tokyo Game Show

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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan boss Hiroshi Kawano has said in a blog post that the public will get their first hands-on with PlayStation Vita at Tokyo Game Show in September.

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Wed, Feb 16, 2011 | 17:50 GMT

SCEJ president: NGP has “got to receive support from gamers”

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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano has told Famitsu that NGP “isn’t something that’s driven solely by us at SCE.”

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