The "Father of PlayStation" Ken Kutaragi is satisfied with the Playstation 4 and wants to work on a project with Sony.
Translated:
I miss Ken... antics in all.
Translated:
I miss Ken... antics in all.
Ken Kutaragi: Working With Sony Again
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This has to be a modern line of home automation grills, fully compatibile with Xperia phones and tablets.
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preparing PSP 3 for head on battle with 4DS and keep forgetting Sony ever have Vita.
Kutaragi is an incredible engineers, it can be very good now that he's working exclusively on technology. Maybe he just shouldn't be the king ruler of the entire decision making process for the PS5. (or anywhere near the decision making process) Let him do the things he's good at, it can be a really great asset.
The mobile landscape is very different to when PSP launched. People are forgetting Vita for a reason.
Although I agree with the sentiment, things move on and engineers don't necessarily move with them. Kutaragi's ability to follow through on grandiose ideas worked well in the 90s but become less viable as technology progressed and he didn't adapt, I dare say. Perhaps his vision is no longer compatible with the things work? Like a genius composer who's untouched at Classical composition but who can't adapt to Romantic. What has Kutaragi done since leaving Sony? Not much AFAIK. Cellius came to nothing. So one has to question what he'll actually bring to PS/Sony? Cyber AI Entertainment, if the name is anything to go by, suggests the focus is on AI processes. Is the fabled AI processor to make an appearance in Sony's next device??
Actually from the website about:
It basically reads like a hobby to me. Business information processing, parallel processing, next-gen HCI and social entertainment? Nice catch-all for doing nothing specific!Cyber AI Entertainment said:
Edit: Read Kutaragi's personal commentary to learn he wants to build a sentient AI supercomputer that'll provide everyone with their dream world, or something.
rockaman
Regular
And he was thinking of you too
He is the equivalent of 20 regular engineers!
I'm sorry... hahaha.
Joking aside this is a very interesting revelation
I'm sure there's always a consulting position for Ken K to contribute from in a big project like this at the very least. It would be a good idea I think.
How much was ps3 having a cell cpu (& originally gpu) & bluray solely on Kutaragi's shoulders? Because there was likely push from allover to utilize their own technology and attempt to symbiotically move both all 3 businesses forward by incorporate the cell/bluray into ps3. Maybe we can completely blame him for the ps2 backwards compatibility hardware in launch models raising the price, but there was likely desire from all the top of Sony execs to incorporate their various other ventures into ps3.
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steveOrino
Regular
Well they gave Ken the blank check when designing the PS3.... But then again, why wouldn't they? He only produced two of the most successful consoles in history back to back. But man.... did he grossly underestimated the economics of the design of the PS3 in both development and manufacturing costs.
I guess the company as a whole thought the brand was so strong it didn't matter.
His very ambitious hardware designs are at least a great centerpiece for discussion. Given that the current generation is pretty straight forward as far as system architecture is concerned I would say that the industry isn't quite as interesting without him in it.
I guess the company as a whole thought the brand was so strong it didn't matter.
His very ambitious hardware designs are at least a great centerpiece for discussion. Given that the current generation is pretty straight forward as far as system architecture is concerned I would say that the industry isn't quite as interesting without him in it.
I could see Kutaragi part of the whole corporate vision to bring cell processors into the mainstream.
There probably was the belief the cell processor would gain bigger traction and through economies of scale would quickly bring down the price of the processors. The vision was cell popularity in widespread use in nonconsole computing, in household appliances, cars, tvs etc. But it never gained that traction so economies of scale didn't quickly bring down the price.
Also there may have been a boardroom mentality that they all wanted the bluray in there.
Prophecy2k
Veteran
LolYou often think of Ken in the morning Nesh?
Nope. Just happened. Was thinking about PS3 and how things changed with PS4 and how Ken's decisions affected the PS3's market performance
ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK
Prove it !
The man is worth $5 Billion, is 64 years old and still wants to work?? Respect!!!
Do you have any source for the $5 billion figure?
