Long before the PlayStation 4, the game console made by Japanese companies is growing from generation to generation. The early generation PlayStation was released in the 1990s.
Game console that once famous a few decades ago is bringing rental or rental business opportunity for some circles as the game transitions tangible cartridge to the disc (CD). The birth of the PlayStation can not be separated from the creativity of Ken Kutaragi.
Ken when a child is a child of a simple family. From childhood, both parents forged Ken to develop something of creativity value in any form.
This is what Ken showed, as his family owned a small printing factory in the city where he grew up. Young Ken, then encouraged by his parents to explore the mechanical abilities at the factory and back from school, he worked in the factory.
In addition to his duties at the factory owned by his parents, Ken became a champion in his class. He is known to his friends and teachers as a diligent student. In fact, Ken is portrayed as a smart kid, with a true A++ nickname
High motivation accompanies Ken Kutaragi, he has a strong desire to know the ins and outs of machines. When he is young, he also often disassemble toys, observing how the mechanism, so that the toy can work.
Ken's curiosity about the machine and the toy has been seen since childhood. He was happy to wrestle and learn the ins and outs of electronics. His passion for electronics, making him continue to develop himself by studying at Denki Tsushin University and he earned an Electronics degree.
Not long after his graduation, Ken started working for Sony in a digital research laboratory. Ken feels working in the laboratory is a right decision, he also thinks that working at Sony is something called the Fast Track
In the late 1980s, Ken Kutaragi watched his sister play Famicom, the "old school" game console Nintendo. Since then, Kutaragi was interested in realizing that one day he can develop his home game console.
Travel until he manages to create a gaming console full of struggles until he persuades Sony to fund research on Super Famicom CDs. This step eventually becomes the forerunner and then produces a device called "PlayStation".
Although considered a risky gamble by other Sony executives, Ken Kutaragi once again has the full support of Sony CEO Norio Ohga. A few years later, the company has launched its original PlayStation.