In early January, it was widely reported that Kaz Hirai will become the president of Sony in April 2012. At that time, current CEO Sir Howard Stringer was expected to maintain his role. Today, Sony announced Hirai is taking over the roles of president and CEO starting on April 1.

The PlayStation Network hack was arguably the worst thing to ever happen to Sony and the PlayStation brand. It’s safe to assume the security breach, at least for a period of time, encouraged copycats to break into other databases related to videogames. Sony’s setback at the hands of hackers may have cost the company millions of dollars, but the network is growing again.

At CES 2011 this past week, Sony Computer Entertainment president and group CEO Kaz Hirai mentioned tablets as part of Sony’s strategy looking forward. Sony didn’t reveal a tablet at CES, but there is definitely one coming down the pipeline. Whether or not it will be tied into the PlayStation brand is still unknown, but Sony is swinging for the fences when it does unveil its tablet.

Gadgetell is at the International Consumer Electronics Expo 2009, Live Blogging the keynote address by Howard Stringer. Stringer is the Chairman and CEO of the Sony Corporation. Click on over and check out the Sony Keynote Live Blog. Also check out all of Gadgetell’s great CES 2009 coverage. Live Blog [Gadgetell]

With the rumors and finally confirmation that Microsoft is cutting $50 from the Xbox 360 Premium console, Sony was asked whether it would consider a similar price cut for one of the two remaining PlayStation 3 models.

According to the New York Times, Sony’s CEO Howard Stringer stated at the Allen & Company conference that Microsoft was reducing the price of the Xbox 360 because it realizes sales of the console are getting lower…

Sony CEO Howard Stringer is never short on words or confidence. He flaunted that same confidence during a recent interview with Reuters at the World Economic Forum. Stringer seems to be happy with the way the PS3 is shaping up, although he’s a bit worried about the volatility of the yen which affects the company’s exports.

He told Reuters that Sony’s consumer electronics business was performing well despite the U.S economy slowing down, and that PS3 sales were improving. The man at the helm of the consumer electronics giant believes that the “PS3 is out of the woods.” He mentioned the gains the PS3 had made during the Christmas period as it outsold the Xbox 360 during the holidays – the first hurdle.

There are not too many people in the world with the gumption of belittling Wii’s fun element or identifying something else, related to video games, as being more fun than the Wii. But Sony’s Chairman Sir Howard Stringer is among the few people who have the audacity of doing such a thing and, in fact, more »

In a recent interview with Sony President Ryoji Chubachi, he suggested that the PS3 price might be a bit too high.

According to the Japanese paper, Yomiuri Shimbun (aka The Daily Yomiuri), Chubachi said, “Sony does not rule out the possibility of lowering the price [of the PS3].”

That does not indicate that the PS3 price will, indeed, be dropped any time soon. It simple means, as stated, that Sony might possibly lower the price. What has been dropped is the price of …