The Tokyo Game Show 2024 took place in Japan and one of the guests was Ken Kutaragi, considered by many to be the ‘father’ of PlayStation. That is, its direct creator. There he revealed that at least within Sony, almost everyone thought that the console would fail.
When speaking in front of the audience Kutaragi said ‘we wanted to share the passion’. To the above, he added ‘we wanted to hear their expectations and what they didn’t expect, that’s why we wanted to listen to them’.
The former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) pointed out ‘we visited dozens of companies if not hundreds, many game creators’. All to attract them to work at PlayStation. According to Ken Kutaragi ‘It was a great memory. They were not interested’.
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Likewise, he highlighted ‘They just told us ‘Don’t do it. There were many companies and none of them were successful. They are going to fail.’ That’s what they told us’. That didn’t sound good at the time.
Kutaragi not only designed the first PlayStation but also its successor, the PS2. He was also responsible for the PS3 but due to the reception this system had, he left the company in 2007. It took a long time to ‘take off’ and caused Sony initial losses of billions of dollars.
At the end of its cycle it did better and things turned out better with the PS4. Ken Kutaragi did not stop associating with Sony despite what happened.
In fact, and although he is involved in various initiatives, he remains a senior technology advisor. No one can deny the great influence he had on the modern video game industry with the creation of the PlayStation and PS2. Both are among the best-selling and most popular consoles of all time.
But some still remember him for unfortunate statements, such as that fans should work harder to get a PS3 for $559.
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