Ken Kutaragi to receive AIAS award
- Posted November 27th, 2007 at 11:33 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Ken Kutaragi, the former head of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, is to be awarded the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award by The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Regarded colloquially as the “father of PlayStation” by gamers and industry folk worldwide, Kutaragi has been honoured for revolutionising the in-home entertainment market thanks to the success of the Sony PlayStation, which launched in 1994 and eventually went on to sell over 100 million units worldwide.
President of AIAS, Joseph Olin commented, "Ken Kutaragi’s passion, innovative thinking and business savvy sparked a monumental movement that was unstoppable.”
"If it wasn’t for Ken and his concept of the original PlayStation, there wouldn’t be the billion dollar industry there is today. His contributions have clearly set new standards for developers, publishers and consumers worldwide."
"Ken Kutaragi is the smartest guy in the history of the video game business," added Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts and AIAS Hall of Fame member.
"Without Ken, there is no Sony PlayStation, and that is beyond comprehension."
Kutaragi will receive his award at the Interactive Achievements Award ceremony in Las Vegas on February 7, 2008. The event will run concurrently with the annual D.I.C.E Summit.
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Ill_Omen17 |
Ill_Omen17- 11:35am GMT - November 27th, 2007
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good news for him im glad after all his help with the playstation brand
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bluecapone
- 12:16pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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everybody should thank ken for taking those extra steps to change the gaming world
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kudoshinchi |
kudoshinchi- 1:33pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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if wasn't him we will be playing 16bits game with cardtridge today.
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IONIXX |
IONIXX- 2:27pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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this is good im very happy. if it werent for him this site wouldnt even exist because thered be no playstations and a world with out playstations is CHAOS. i wish he still worked at sony on the playstations, lol if it were up to me id make ken the world leader but after all ken's already given us, he deserves this. WE LOVE YOU KEN :)
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gingo |
gingo- 5:05pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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psn id: gingo.... i think he truely deserves this without playstation we would have been stuck with the nintendo 64 and i doubt we would have seen the likes of xbox because they wouldn't have thought of it as a good market to get into so we would still be playing nintendo something with cartriges so he really saved the gaming industry
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DARKBLADE1 |
DARKBLADE2- 7:24pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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WOW, so this is the father of playstation
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Uncool |
Admodistrator- 7:35pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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Yup this guy pushed for this system even if in the beginning, Sony had not wanted anything to do with the gaming industry. Now you see other competitors do as much as he has done for gaming to date. He made sure his passion was sought through and became a reality.
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Syphon_Filter |
Syphon_filter2- 11:38pm GMT - November 27th, 2007
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He is the guy who created the playstation 1 and without him we wouldn't be playing games and still with the garbage named sega. I personly, pay him lots of respect and like him a lot. He is a very createve person.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 5:19am GMT - November 28th, 2007
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He really does deserve it,Sony didn't even care for gaming,until Ken made that sound chip for the Super Famicom.
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