Nikkei is reporting that Kaz Hirai will finally be promoted to President of Sony (in April). If you remember, Hirai has been the Playstation boss for quite some time so now his duties expand to all of Sony. More »
If you haven’t completely abandoned the PlayStation Network for good following the massive data breach and leak of user information that’s slowly, painfully come to light over the past couple of weeks, take note of this story! More »
A big hint as to how Sony sees the future of the company: it’s combining the PlayStation business with all of its consumers electronics businesses – TVs and whatnot – and handing the whole hot mess to Kaz Hirai, who you probably know from running PlayStation. Which lines him up as Sir Howard Stringer’s successor to the CEO slot. Even Sir Howard admits it to the WSJ: “He is the leading candidate… The logic (of the choice) is inescapable.” [WSJ]
Kaz Hirai, head of Sony’s Networked Products & Service division (leading their PlayStation department) is tipped as the favourite to take over the Prez role, which has been filled by Stringer since April 2009. More »
No price or details were mentioned, but PlayStation’s Kaz Hirai says that a “premium level” subscription will come to the now free PlayStation Network some time in 2010. And by subscription, he means NOT free. More »
