Kazuo Hirai

thumb|We're not interested in gimmicks, clever rhetoric or conventional thinking. Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai (平井一夫 Hirai Kazuo) (born December 22, 1960) was the President/CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Sourced "So what does all this mean?......Riiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaceeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr!" Sony press conference at E³ 2006, May 2006, as quoted in a Gamespot article. "It's Ridge Racer!... Riiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaceeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr!" While demonstrating the PlayStation game Ridge Racer running on the PlayStation Portable, at the Sony press conference at E³ 2006, May 2006, YouTube Video. "The PLAYSTATION3 will retail for Five-Hundred-Ninety-Nine US Dollars." Sony press conference at E³ 2006, May 2006, as quoted in a Gamespot article. "Some have said that the PSP is our answer to the (Nintendo) Game Boy. Well, here’s how we view the world: PSP will elevate portable entertainment out of the handheld gaming ghetto and Sony is the only company that can do it. We happily accept this challenge and, dare I say it, the baton has been passed." Press conference for the US presentation of the Sony PlayStation Portable, January 2005, as quoted in a Calgary Sun article. "We're not interested in gimmicks, clever rhetoric or conventional thinking." Sony press conference at E³ 2006, May 2006, as quoted in a EuroGamer.net transcript. "The next generation doesn't start until we say it does."'' Sony press conference at E³ 2006, May 2006, as quoted in a CNN article. External links Category:Businesspeople from Japan Category:People from Tokyo Category:1960 births Category:Living people