Sony’s longtime PlayStation hardware chief to retire next month
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Sony's PlayStation hardware chief retires on October 1st. | Image: Famitsu Sony's longtime PlayStation hardware chief is retiring on October 1st. 60-year-old Masayasu Ito, who led the engineering for both the PS4 and PS5, is retiring, as reported by Bloomberg.
According to Sony communications manager Cathy Liu, responsibility for the PlayStation platform, which includes hardware engineering, security, product strategy, and design, among other things, is still led by senior vice president Hideaki Nishino. Nishino was promoted to that role in March 2021, and reports directly to SIE president Jim Ryan. Current director Lin Tao is taking over Ito's role as deputy president and representative director of Sony's Japan operation. Sony announced the changes in a brief press release today.
Ito originally joined Sony in...