Video: Kaz Hirai on the NGP - Next Generation Portable from Sony

[PS3 News]

Today Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has shared a video interview with Kaz Hirai on the NGP - Next Generation Portable from Sony.

To quote: The day we announced the Next Generation Portable, or NGP, was quite an eventful one.

You might have followed the live blog, read the message on the Blog from SCEA CEO Jack Tretton, seen the topics trending on Twitter (6 out of 10 worldwide at one point!), or read the hands-on impressions.

At the very end of the day, I had a chance to catch up with Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.

While I knew I'd be unable to gather any more details than what was announced earlier in the day, I was curious about the broader aspects of the news: Why announce NGP now? Where does it fit into the PlayStation console life cycle philosophy?

How did publishing partners like http://www.epicgames.com/ and http://www.activision.com/index.html get involved in the announcement? I hope you enjoy hearing these answers in detail directly from Mr. Hirai.


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[inginear]

thanks for the video. i really hope that handhelds like the ngp have a life span closer to that of the ps2 and ps3. it was also cool to see terrain manipulation with using the rear touch pad area.

[pauliux963]

Graphics are awesmone! And touch screen?!