(FILES) Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi poses with a package of the new video game machine PlayStation2 at a preview of the newly developed game software in Makuhari, Chiba prefecture, in suburban Tokyo on February 18, 2000. The PlayStation has been a colossal consumer hit but three decades ago its creator Ken Kutaragi struggled to convince both game-makers and his bosses at Sony that his console would be a winner. (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP) / To go with 'JAPAN-TECHNOLOGY-GAMES-SONY-PLAYSTATION-KUTARAGI,INTERVIEW' by Mathias CENA (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)