Ken Kutaragi joins the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame

by Andrew Yoon on Apr 3rd 2008 12:30PM

Ken Kutargi has long been named the "father of PlayStation," and that name has earned him a growing number of accolades. Most recently, he's been added to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. He'll join other notable inductees, such as the team that developed the first mobile phone and the "father of DVD." Not a bad list of people to join.

With over 200 million PlayStation-branded systems sold worldwide so far, it's clear that the lives of many people have been enhanced by Kutaragi's vision. Congrats to a well-deserved nod to his contribution to the world of consumer electronics.

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Reader Comments (13)

Well done Krazy Ken!!

Great list to be on!! (Y)

There are well over 200 million ps branded systems sold if you count PS1 100million, PS2 130 million and PSP 30 million.

(made up numbers, but I think they are close)

I take that back, I had no idea the PS1 only sold like 20 million systems. you can add another 10 million for PS3.

I should have just wikipedia'd it VGChartz says the following
Console

PS3 11,424,502
PSP 32,500,224
PS2 117,322,291
PS 19,362,986

wikipedia says

PS 102.49 million
PS2 120 million
PS3 10.49 million
PSP 31 million
Total 264 million

No you are right, the PSone only sold 20 million systems (the updated ps1) but the PS1 and PSone together sold 100.49 million or something like that

And by the way well done ken!!!

Whenever I see that picture, I think he is holding a big PS3. Turns out, he is just a small man.

Congrats Ken

you spelled Kutaragi wrong in the body of the story. :)

Ken's big where it counts. Ask anyone.

A short Japanese man that is well endowed?? That would look kinda funny... haha

Congrats Ken on inventing the ONLY solid piece of gaming hardware, you place in fame is well deserved..