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Ken Kutaragi
Ken Kutaragi is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman, currently president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. Formerly the chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game division of Sony, Kutaragi is known as "The Father of the PlayStation" having overseen the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs until departing the company in 20…
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business · Japanese engineering technologist and businessman (born 1950) · computer scientist · inventor · university teacher · businessperson · also Ken Kutaragi, Kutaragi Ken, Kutaragi
Born 2 August 1950 · Q557018
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2026· 2 entries
GamesIndustry: Ken Kutaragi announced as first keynote speaker at Game Republic New Horizons 2026
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2025· 1 entry
TweakTown: Father of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, showcases rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype
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2022· 3 entries
GameSpot: PlayStation Creator Ken Kutaragi Isn’t A Fan Of The Metaverse Or VR
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Play Station Universe: PlayStation Inventor Ken Kutaragi Calls VR Headsets ‘Simply Annoying’
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Shacknews: PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi sees little value in metaverse & VR headsets
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2021· 1 entry
siliconera: Father of PlayStation Ken Kutaragi on Rumors, the Industry, and Nintendo
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2020· 1 entry
Kutaragi became CEO of Tokyo-based AI and robotics startup Ascent Robotics, after serving on its Board of Directors since 2018
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2019· 1 entry
DualShockers: Former PlayStation Boss Ken Kutaragi Thanks Fans for 25 Years of Support in New Video
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime Achievement (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded CEDEC Awards - Special Award (2013).
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2009· 1 entry
Became a visiting professor of Ritsumeikan University
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2007· 2 entries
Shortly after the PlayStation 3 was released
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When he stepped down as executive chairman and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment
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1997· 1 entry
Kutaragi was appointed CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, and accordingly moved to California
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1983· 1 entry
Was watching his two-year-old daughter play a Famicom and realized the potential that existed within video games
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-08-02.
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