<![CDATA[Kotaku: Jack Tretton]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Jack Tretton]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/jack tretton http://kotaku.com/tag/jack tretton <![CDATA[Sony Apologises for PSN Outage (Again!)]]> Moments ago, Sony Computer Entertainment's Jack Tretton took to the stage at Sony's E3 event. The first thing Sony wanted to say was sorry. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5809226&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Bigwig Trash Talks Nintendo 3DS and Hurts Our Feelings]]> During an interview with Fortune Magazine, SCEA's charming CEO Jack Tretton discussed the company's business strategies...and then indulged in some nasty smack talk. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5790338&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Japan's Earthquake Could Cause Delays For Sony's NGP]]> The launch of Sony's next PlayStation Portable, currently codenamed NGP, may not be a global affair this year, in part due to the massive Tōhoku earthquake and deadly tsunami that slammed Japan last month. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5788850&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PlayStation's Top U.S. Exec Cleans Up Pro Poker Tour Event]]> That, folks, is a 10-6 unsuited. In poker jargon, that hand is known as "garbage." But for Jack Tretton, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, they were the winning cards at a pro-am poker event earlier this week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5783504&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A PlayStation 3 In Your Pocket, And Maybe A Game Store Too]]> Sony's Next Generation Portable sounds like a portable gaming machine powerful enough to replace the Playstation 3 home console, but it's actually meant to augment the experience, Sony Entertainment of America president Jack Tretton says. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5747275&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony: We've Moved More Than A Million PlayStation Moves]]> Sony's motion controller add-on for the PlayStation 3 has been out for a little more than a month in North America. How's the PlayStation Move doing, according to Sony? Oh, spectacularly, of course! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5670094&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Hulu Plus PlayStation Plus Preview Is Go]]> Starting today, select subscribers to Sony's premium PlayStation Plus service will have an opportunity to pay to preview Hulu Plus on the "first and only" console to feature the service in 2010. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5587137&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Shows Its Faith In 3D]]> The people behind the PlayStation have been proudly promoting their 3D wares throughout the year, but today at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, Sony brought some of its biggest guns, as executives presented its new technology push. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5559558&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony's VP Of Trash-Talking Sony's CEO]]> What happens when Sony's hilarious mouthpiece Kevin Butler goes head to head against Sony Computer Entertainment America's CEO and President Jack Tretton in ModNation Racers? "Tell me more, grown-up child actor." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5540867&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PlayStation Prez Promises Killzone 3, Eventually]]> Sure, a third entry in the Guerrilla Games' Killzone series seems like an inevitability, an obvious sequel as assured as Gears of War 3 or Resistance 3. PlayStation president Jack Tretton promises it will happen, as close to confirmation as well get. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5497845&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony: Heavy Rain Selling "Incredibly Well," No Need For PS4 Yet]]> Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jack Tretton seems incredibly pleased with Heavy Rain's reception with PlayStation 3 owners, saying that the newly released game's pre-sales were "off the charts," underscoring that there's no need yet for a PlayStation 4. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5480606&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony: Playstation Continues To Redefine Entertainment]]> Riding high on tonight's news that the Playstation 3 was the top selling home console in September according to NPD, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment of America says they've only just begun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5385370&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tretton: What's Good for Sony is What's Good for Gaming]]> File this also under "What they say when we're not listening." Speaking to Forbes, the SCEA chief Jack Tretton answers a few softballs about the PS3 Slim, then says, "the environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5375874&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tretton: PS3 Shortage is Possible]]> Jack Tretton, the Sony Computer Entertainment America boss told Reuters today that if PlayStation 3 sales continue at their present rate, retailers could see a shortage of the consoles later this year. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5366266&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony: We Could've Come Out With PS2.5, But Didn't]]> There's been a lot made recently about the PS3's price point. Some say it's too expensive, some want a price cut. But for Sony exec Jack Tretton, those folks are not thinking long term. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5309820&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony's Motion Control Might Work On Old Games Too]]> Sony's new PS3 motion controller - whatever it's called and whatever it ends up looking like - won't just be for new games. It might be for old games too! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5288974&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Boss: "People Don't Respect Confidentiality In This Industry"]]> Sony's E3 keynote was good, but not great. Why? Because the three biggest reveals - for a motion controller, a new PSP and a new Team Ico game - had all been leaked weeks earlier. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5287952&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PS3, PSP Sales Up 30% On Estimates, Says Jack Tretton]]> According to Sony's Jack Tretton, PS3 sales are 100% higher than they were this time last year. And 30% higher than Sony were expecting for this financial year, meaning that if "something" were to happen to PS3 sales - let's say, hypothetically, like a recession - the console should still hit its target of 10 million sold for the year. Tretton says PSP sales are also "20-30 percent ahead of plan", and goes on to warn that the PS3 may be in short supply this Christmas, with the company only "able to meet somewhere between 80-90 percent demand". More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5057771&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Responds To July NPD Sales, Seems Pleased]]> The PlayStation brand had a pretty darn good month, as it continues to cool off from strong Metal Gear Solid 4 sales, with over 600,000 things named PlayStation sold in the U.S. last month. Sony Computer Entertainment America responded to those NPD figures today, citing "strong momentum" — one of our favorite intangibles — and flooding us with growth percentages. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037319&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tretton Talks About Kaz's Influence on the Playstation Universe]]> Speaking with a group of game writers earlier this week SCEA head Jack Tretton talked briefly about how Sony Computer Entertainment has benefited under the shift from Ken Kutaragi to Kaz Hirai. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026749&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PS3 Press Conference Rehearsal Crashed By Mystery Blogger]]> Shrine auditorium security grabbed an overly eager blogger from his third-floor balcony perch during a recent Sony E3 press conference dress rehearsal, SCEA head Jack Tretton said. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026035&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tretton: Sony Considering PSP with Harddrive]]> Sony has thought about and continues to play around with the idea of building a Playstation Portable with a built in hard drive or internal memory, Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, said this morning at a gather of game writers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5025895&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased]]> The PlayStation 3 may have finished (well) behind the Wii and (a smidge) lower than the Xbox 360 for the month of April, but that doesn't mean that we'll bat an eyelash when Sony sends us a statement that kicks off with "PS3 Continues Blockbuster Year." Fortunately for SCEA, it has triple the hardware representation, letting it flex carefully chosen figures like "total PlayStation hardware sales" topping 505,363 units sold in April. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5009268&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SCEA Boss Understandably Chuffed Over Blu-Ray Triumph]]> While consumer-level stakeholders on the Blu-Ray side of the great format wars of 06-08 (ie the pawns) are happy enough, imagine how the Sony top brass are feeling right now. They're so excited they just can't hide it. Take SCEA boss Jack Tretton, for example:
The emergence of Blu-ray as the de facto high definition standard is one more reason why PS3 is a great value to consumers...The combination of strong sales, Blu-ray dominance and widely-anticipated games all point to 2008 as a breakthrough year for PS3.
Don't know about the games just yet (anyone who thinks MGS4 can carry 2008 on its own is dreaming), but the strong sales and Blu-Ray dominance bits both check out. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=358513&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Responds To January NPD Sales, Seems Pleased]]> Microsoft may have suffered heavily on the hardware side this January due to stock shortages, but Sony isn't going to put an asterisk by its win over Microsoft. It starts off its corporate statement on last month's U.S. sales by pointing out that the PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 by 17%, boasting of "continued momentum" for the console. Increased PlayStation Network downloads and nearly 3 million PSN accounts, corporate says, illustrate that momentum. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=356800&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Next-Gen Picks Top Ten Blunders Of 2007]]> "Best of" awards are fun, sure, but it's the screw ups that give us the most joy during the depressing holidays, not the accolades. Watching others fail so spectacularly makes our own lack of accomplishment that much less memorable. Fortunately, Next-Gen knows what we like and have rounded up the year's biggest blunders in its latest list, which not only includes the familiar Sony blackballing incident from March, but also touches on other fun and interesting topics like the dismissal of Jeff Gerstmann and the whirlwind of confusion surrounding this year's PlayStation 3 SKU confusion. Even better are trips down memory lane with execs Shane Kim and Jack Tretton. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=338267&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Pleading To Keep Third Parties On PS3]]> Following another unspectacular month of PlayStation 3 sales in the U.S., showing another month-to-month decline, you might start thinking that Sony was in a bad way. Sony's spin on the 119,000 PS3s sold in September was glossed over in its statement regarding yesterday's monthly NPD sales data, with the company instead choosing to underscore the recently announced 40GB model and the 80GB model's price drop. Worse news for Sony comes from San Jose Mercury News' Dean Takahashi who writes that Sony recently "pleaded with third-party developers not to abandon its struggling platform", attempting to make the argument that the PS3 is filled with untapped hardware potential. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313148&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton Says Dropping BC Wasn't For Cost Measures]]> The feature-gimped PlayStation 3 with a 40 GB hard drive is coming to North America at a reduced price, but without the ability to play PlayStation 2 games. If you thought Sony was removing the PS2 guts out of the system, saving them gobs of cash and passing the savings on to you, late adopters, maybe you should think again. According to the Wall Street Journal's paraphrasing of SCEA boss Jack Tretton, the removal of PS2 backward compatibility and other components isn't "dramatically reducing Sony's cost of manufacturing" on Sony's behemoth console. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312628&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tretton Says Follow Heart, Not Trends]]> I thought I'd had my fill of Sony's Jack Tretton after cutting all of Kotaku's interview clips, but Dean Takahashi has just posted his interview from E3 which has some interesting finds. I especially enjoyed Tretton's take on innovation and trends, and how that relates to Sony's strategies at the moment. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=282839&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony Says PS3 Sales Up 135% On Price Drop]]> Responding to recently released NPD hardware sales data for June, Sony Computer Entertainment America reps praised itself for $393 million in sales, with PLAYSTATION 3 unit sales up 21% over the previous month. The company's PSP saw a 31% sales increase, year over year. The entire PlayStation family of products saw a 21% boost in total dollars year over year. God, my head is spinning from all the carefully chosen percentages! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=281584&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tretton: Wii Is To Lollipop As PS3 Is To Surf 'N' Turf]]> GamePro sat down with SCEA president Jack Tretton at last week's E3 to pick the PlayStation honcho's brain on just about every subject under the sun. Most of it's the standard stuff, including thoughts on the incremental PSP redesign and the pluses of the PLAYSTATION 3 as an all-in-one entertainment device. But GamePro wisely used the surefire "food analogy" tactic. Obviously Jack thinks the PS3 is the king of meals, but what about the competition? Tretton speaks! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279517&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton on Almost Yacking]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278955&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Our Exclusive Tretton Interview]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278577&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton On Future of UMD]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278504&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton On MGS4 Exclusivity]]>
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278496&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton On Disappointment With Sony's VOD]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278505&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton On PSP Update]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278503&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton On SIXAXIS Rumble]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=278502&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jack Tretton On The Future Of PlayStation Network]]> More »
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