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PlayStation Creator Kutaragi Will Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from AIAS
by Carlos Bergfeld, Nov 26, 2007 11:49am PSTFormer Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi, the "Father of PlayStation," will receive the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award at next year's D.I.C.E. Summit, the academy announced today.
The ceremony on February 7 will mark the second time a lifetime achievement award has been granted by the academy, with the first going to former Nintendo of America executives Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln this year.
Kutaragi retired from his position as director, chairman and group CEO of SCEI on June 19, replaced by SCEI president Kaz Hirai. He now serves as honorary chairman and senior technology adviser to Sony CEO Howard Stringer.
During his tenure at SCEI, Kutaragi helmed the creation of every major PlayStation product, including the handheld PSP and PlayStation 3.
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The man's a retard that somehow glommed on to the right division of Sony at the time a good product was developed ten years ago, then went batshit insane and got dropped from the role. How's that deserving of any kind of award?
that somehow makes more sense..
Seeing his name getting a lifetime achievement award took me by a bit of surprise at first, considering the crazy things he said over the last few years, but after thinking some about it I think he's a pretty good candidate.
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