Tag Archives: kaz hirai

Sat, May 28, 2011 | 15:28 BST

Sony brings PSN back online in Japan

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Sony has announced that it has brought PlayStation Network services back online in Japan.

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Tue, May 17, 2011 | 20:08 BST

Sony: Only a “very small percentage” of PSN users canceled their accounts over hack

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Sony president Kazuo Hirai has said only a “very small percentage” of folks have called into the customer support centers in order cancel their PSN accounts over the recent hacking fiasco.

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Mon, May 16, 2011 | 11:19 BST

Sony Online Entertainment returns to action following security attack

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Sony Online Entertainment has restored its services and welcomed back users to its titles following a security attack on the company.

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Wed, May 11, 2011 | 06:09 BST

U.S. Senator pleased with Sony’s response to PSN attack

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An American senator has actually praised Sony’s reponse to the PlayStation Network security breach, two weeks after publicly calling for the company to explain its actions.

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Tue, May 03, 2011 | 10:30 BST

J-Day: Sony confirms partial PSN return for this week

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Sony has announced it’ll partially restore most PlayStation Network services at some point this week, but confirmed at a Tokyo press conference that PlayStation Store will not return until “this month.”

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Sun, May 01, 2011 | 05:40 BST

Hirai to hold PSN breach press conference tomorrow

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Sony’s confirmed that Sony Corp’s Kaz Hirai is to hold a press conference in Japan tomorrow to address last week’s PSN hacking crisis.

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Tue, Apr 05, 2011 | 08:34 BST

PlayStation Japan relief effort brings in $1.3 million

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Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that donation efforts for the Japan tsunami and earthquake from PlayStation Network have raised over $1 million.

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Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | 12:17 GMT

PS boss climbs Sony ladder as restructure shuffles divisions

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PlayStation boss Kazuo Hirai has been promoted to executive deputy president of Sony, and may take over as chief executive when current incumbent Howard Stringer retires.

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Thu, Feb 17, 2011 | 11:46 GMT

Sony not looking at “near-future PS4 or next-generation home console”

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SCE boss Kaz Hirai has said that PlayStation 4 isn’t yet on Sony’s radar, saying the focus right now is PS3 and NGP.

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Wed, Feb 02, 2011 | 21:09 GMT

Kaz Hirai: Sony wants NGP to match current worldwide installed base of PSP

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Sony has posted an video interview with the firm’s head of worldwide studios Kaz Hirai, and in it, Hirai chats a bit about NGP following the handheld’s reveal.

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Tue, Feb 01, 2011 | 09:00 GMT

Sony taking an “open stance” with PS Suite expansion to other platforms

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Want to kick back and take a load off with some of your favorite PlayStation classics? Well then, buy an Android phone. (Or, we suppose, a PlayStation.)

Alternatively, if you absolutely must bring your pals Cloud, Crash Bandicoot, and Car From Gran Turismo with you on the bus, you could always wait. But – based on recent comments from SCE CEO Kaz Hirai – you might want to get comfortable.

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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 14:30 GMT

Hirai: No NGP pricing, battery life details as console still in prototype phase

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SCEI boss Kaz Hirai has said that announcements on pricing and battery life for NGP – PSP’s next-gen successor in everything bar name – will not be made yet due to the device still being in a prototype phase.

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Sat, Jan 29, 2011 | 16:22 GMT

Sony working with devs to bring digital versions of UMD games to NGP

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Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai has said the firm is currently in negotiations with various developers to bring digital versions of already released PSP games to the new NGP system.

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Fri, Jan 28, 2011 | 13:39 GMT

Sony “decided to forgo 3D” on PSP2 “for the time being”, wont “go off the deep end” with pricing, says Hirai

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SCEI head Kaz Hirai has told PC World in Tokyo that Sony did think of adding 3D for PSP2, but it chose to “forgo it for the time being”.

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Thu, Jan 27, 2011 | 08:56 GMT

PlayStation Suite to bring PS content to “Android and tablets”

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Sony has just announced PlayStation Suite – a cross-device content delivery service – at a Tokyo press event, confirming PlayStation content for “Android and tablets”.

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Thu, Nov 25, 2010 | 07:49 GMT

Report: Hirai in hot-seat for Sony Corp president role

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We have literally touched this man. That photo didn’t take itself, you know.

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Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | 13:13 BST

Hirai: 30.5 million PS3s connected to PSN, 15 million PS3 FY2010 target on track

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SCE president Kaz Hirai has said the company’s target of selling 15 million PlayStation 3 consoles in the current fiscal year is a safe bet, while claiming that 80 percent of all machines sold are connected to PSN.

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Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 16:59 BST

Hirai: PSP go had a market – it was just smaller than PSP-3000′s

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PlayStation head Kaz Hirai has said PSP go had a market, but it just wasn’t as large as that enjoyed by PSP-3000.

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Wed, Sep 01, 2010 | 17:09 BST

Sony announces PSN music service, Qriocity, in Berlin

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Sony’s announced a brand new cloud-streaming music service for PlayStation Network, known as Qriocity.

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Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 11:25 BST

Hirai: Games will “always” need a “physical medium”

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A completely digital future could more than ten years away, PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai has said.

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