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So the rumours were true: Corporate Executive Officer and Executive Deputy President of Sony Corporation and president of the Consumer Products and Services Group (i.e. head of Sony Computer Entertainment) has today been named president and CEO of Sony Corporation.
Current president and CEO Sir Howard Stringer will remain in his roles until April 1st, at which time Hirai will officially take on his new duties.
Hirai said of his promotion:
The recent buzz around videogame internet circles has been the reported planned announcements of both the next Xbox from Microsoft, as well as the PlayStation 4 from Sony, at E3 in June this year.
At least one of these consoles will definitely not see a showing at the expo.
At the IFA trade show in Berlin, Sony’s president of consumer products and services Kaz Hirai introduced the world to the Sony Entertainment Network, a “comprehensive, global platform” which aims to incorporate all of the company’s online services under one roof – including the PlayStation Network.
The last few years have seen Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) shift their focus away from Japan to North America and Europe, where the majority of their customers reside. This was abundantly clear during the recent PSN outage when service was initially restored to North America followed closely by Europe. Asia had to wait an additional couple of weeks before the PSN service was restored, and Japan is still without the Playstation Store - more than two months after the PSN hack.
[Update No. 2] You can find official images and tech specs of the NGP over here. [End of Update No. 2]
[Update No. 1] Added direct-feed images from the Sony press event, as well as information on developer support and further social features to be included with NGP. [End of Update No. 1]
At the currently-on-the-go Sony hosted press event, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Kaz Hirai revealed the successor to the PSP, codenamed NGP.
Sony has announced plans to temporarily rename its Sony Computer Entertainment division (SCE) to Sony Computer Entertainment Platform (SNEP), which will incorporate the company’s networked devices, computers and videogame operations under one unit, before reorganising these operations back into separate divisions.
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