Creator of PlayStation, Chairman Kubarabi Kinoshi retired as a director in June

On June 19, 2007, it was announced that President SCEI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer SCEI President and CEO Ken Kuraragi Ken retired from office as a term of office expired and assumed the honorary chairman of SCEI. Koichi Hirai of the current SCEI president and group COO will be appointed to the next chairman and CEO. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of expansion will be made in the future PlayStation.

Details are as below.
(PDF file) Notice of executive personnel appointment

Mr. Hisashi Taki said in the release as follows.

"Now that we have installed the fourth PlayStation platform, these platforms
Connecting cutting-edge technology to the creators of all creators of the world through forms
I was able to accelerate the new world of computer entertainment by me
It was a very exciting experience. From now on, take advantage of this experience and further challenge
I would like to accelerate away from SCE in a wider network. "

Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony's Representative Executive Officer, has expressed his expectations for Mr. Hisayoshi Hisashi's future fight and new CEO Mr. Hirai.

"A rare person who is a visionary based on solid technology and also an entrepreneur
It is Teruhisa Arigaki. He just created a business of hundreds of billions of yen in the Sony Group
We succeeded in leading the whole industry to a new dimension. His exceptional vision and creation
The benefit that Sony received from a powerful team of strength, strength and team that he raised is measured
I do not know. Mr. Hisaeda will continue the next challenge, but in future we will
I would like to support the challenge. Mr. Hirai, who is newly appointed as CEO,
With the experience and skill of North America to further develop SCE and lead to a new dimension
I am convinced. "

SCEI is struggling to restructure the European corporation due to the startup cost of "PlayStation 3" due to the 2006 operating loss of around 200 billion yen, but will this year be revitalized?

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