Ken Kutaragi Quotations

We believe that hardware-level security is fundamental. Software solutions may be not fast or robust enough to protect the system and its content when it is connected to the global network environment.

My homeroom teacher told me I wasn't cooperative, ... I used to get mad, thinking I was being singled out.

I'd like to apologize for the delay. I have been cautious because many people in various areas are banking on the potential of the next-generation DVD.

I am confident that the power of our development studios are further empowered to create more new and innovative titles.

Retailers told me that on a dollar base, they expect 70 percent of their sales to come from PlayStation. The remaining 30 percent will come from Nintendo and Xbox but almost all of that will be from Nintendo.

PlayStation 3 truly is the system to be placed in the center of the living room in homes around the globe, ... The future is almost here with the PS3.

Microsoft has put itself out of the game, ... Retailers in the US are already disappointed.

With the dialogue focusing on 0.1 and 0.6, there is no way for the two sides to divide things fairly.

When we initially announced our plans to launch this spring, we had expected the standardization work on all of the technologies to be completed by last August, but there were improvements that were decided on since then.

Computer entertainment systems and applications are leading this trend.

Sony was a very creative company when it was young,

A new world will be created on the basis of PlayStation2 in the coming years. The client right now is the PC... but the PlayStation2 will be a completely different (computing) environment.

There were many things going on and it was rather frustrating but now it is more clear. Now we have decided early November is the time for the launch.

As SCE enters its second decade, we need to reinforce our games development power and create new entertainment experiences that will bring out the best of the technology in platforms such as PSP, PlayStation 3 and beyond,

It's something you expected. If Ken hadn't fired you at least once, he probably didn't like you.

Improving system response changes the relationship between computers and humans.

Instead of rushing it, we want to make sure we execute a solid launch. We wanted to make the Thanksgiving sales.

The PS3 will instill discipline in our children and adults alike. Everyone will know discipline.

Microsoft is still not a black belt

I'm not worried. Good luck, ... the center of gravity.

The name of the game is not market share, it's how fast we (Sony) can grow the industry.

The PS3 is not a game machine. We've never once called it a game machine...With the PS3, our intentions have been to create a machine with supercomputer calculation capabilities for home entertainment.

Microsoft shoots for the moon. Sony shoots for the sun.

You can communicate to a new cybercity... This will be the ideal home server. Did you see the movie The Matrix? Same interface. Same concept. Starting from next year, you can jack into The Matrix!

The hardware was developed with the hard disk in mind.