Who is Ken Kutaragi?
Ken Kutaragi, born August 2, 1950. His home town Tokyo, Japan. From a young age Ken loved to build, tinker and learn no skills what would help him with mechanics. Through this process of his life he manages to get in the University of Electro-Communications and get a Electronics degree.
Very soon after obtaining his degree, Ken started to work for Sony's research labs. Through his time working there Ken built up a reputation of being a good worker and even got to work on LCD's and Digital Camera's.
In 1980 Ken was watching his daughter play on a Nintendo product and noticed the gap in the market he could fill. So Ken work in secret to help Nintendo with there product. After the Sony found out about this he was nearly fired, keep this from happening was CEO Norio Ohga who pushed for a console project. After many years of failure and warnings from investors Ken had created the 'Original PlayStation'. The consoles success forced Sony and Ken to create a second console further down the line, 'PlayStation 2' then the 'PlayStation 3'.
Very soon after obtaining his degree, Ken started to work for Sony's research labs. Through his time working there Ken built up a reputation of being a good worker and even got to work on LCD's and Digital Camera's.
In 1980 Ken was watching his daughter play on a Nintendo product and noticed the gap in the market he could fill. So Ken work in secret to help Nintendo with there product. After the Sony found out about this he was nearly fired, keep this from happening was CEO Norio Ohga who pushed for a console project. After many years of failure and warnings from investors Ken had created the 'Original PlayStation'. The consoles success forced Sony and Ken to create a second console further down the line, 'PlayStation 2' then the 'PlayStation 3'.
What is to come and what is here?
Now comes the newest console from Sony the PlayStation 4, designed nothing like the previous generation. The playstation 4 now runs in High Definition (HD) and has the running power of around all 3 of the previous consoles and more. The was a huge leap for Sony as they didn't have Ken to design this one.
The manage to pull of a product that works well and brought new customers in.
The shocking thing is, Sony has already started to create a new console with this one not even been out a year.
The manage to pull of a product that works well and brought new customers in.
The shocking thing is, Sony has already started to create a new console with this one not even been out a year.