While talking about game console design and architecture, names like Ken Kutaragi and Mark Cerny are the most recognizable. play station, there’s someone who’s just as important, and that’s Masayasu Ito, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s vice president of hardware engineering, who was responsible for overseeing the creation of the PS4 and PS5. now, It was recently announced that Ito will retire this year, thus leaving PlayStation.
In a short way Playstation releaseIt is revealed that Ito will leave his post as head of SIE Hardware on October 1. However, the architect will continue to collaborate in the mobility department and as an executive advisor until March 2023.
Masayasu Ito is a mechanical engineer, graduated from Waseda University, who started his career at Sony in 1986. In his early years he was lead hardware engineer for the LCD screen of the PSOne, some peripherals for the PS2, mechanical engineering for the PSP, and the PS3. In 2008, he assumed the position of Vice President of Hardware Engineering at SCEI, where he oversaw the architecture of PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PS4 Pro and most recently PS5.
About his successor, Lin Tao will take over from Ito as director of hardware engineering and operations in Japan.. For his part, Hideaki Nishino, who took over as senior vice president in March 2021, will be responsible for the new PlayStation platform. Considering we’re talking about a retirement, it’s very likely we won’t be hearing from Ito again in the future.
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Through: Bloomberg.
