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On October 1st, Sony's long-serving PlayStation hardware chief will retire. According to Bloomberg, Masayasu Ito, 60, who led the engineering for both the PS4 and PS5, is retiring and will be replaced by current director Lin Tao. Ito, who designed the PSP, PS3, and PS4, is leaving Sony after 36 years. Sony announced the changes today in a brief press release.
Ito first worked for Sony in 1986 before transferring to the PlayStation division of the business in 2008 to supervise PlayStation hardware engineering. The PlayStation 4, a hugely popular console with lifetime sales of 117.2 million as of March, was engineered under Ito's supervision. The PS4 even accomplished the historic feat of outpacing all other consoles in terms of game sales last year.
The PSVR headset, the PS4 Pro, and Sony's most recent PS5 console were all designed by Ito. Ito and his team spent five years designing and developing the PS5, which Sony started working on in 2015. Sony prioritized lowering noise levels and enhancing cooling capacity in the PS5, along with favoring "a well thought out, beautifully designed architecture" inside the console, according to Ito, who provided details on the PS5 development process in advance of the console's launch in 2020.
The PSVR headset, the PS4 Pro, and Sony's most recent PS5 console were all designed by Ito. Ito and his team spent five years designing and developing the PS5, which Sony started working on in 2015. Sony prioritized lowering noise levels and enhancing cooling capacity in the PS5, along with favoring "a well thought out, beautifully designed architecture" inside the console, according to Ito, who provided details on the PS5 development process in advance of the console's launch in 2020.
Ito was initially in charge of designing LCD monitors for the PSOne and PS2 peripherals, but once the PSP's development began, Ito was given the responsibility of designing the handheld.
Ito would later design the PS3's hardware as well as the PS4's hardware and operating system.
Ito explained why the DualShock / DualSense controller hasn't changed its basic shape since the original DualShock was released for the PS1 in an interview with Famitsu in 2019.
"We tried different things, but we always come back to this shape," Ito explained. "We eventually get to the point where we say, 'This shape is the easiest to use.'"
"I don't believe there is any need to change the shape forcibly." Of course, if a more user-friendly form emerges naturally, that's fine."
Source: Theverge
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