Former SEGA President of America and Founder of Sony Computer Entertainment America Dies

Bernie Stolar has been instrumental in the development of the industry in the United States for many years.

It’s not nice to write such news, but once again we have to mourn a great loss in the video game industry. Bernie Stolar died at the age of seventy-five.as endorsed by people close to him and endorsed by several North American media outlets.

It was a major player in the North American industry.Not only has he been a major player in the video game industry and development in the United States, he has held major positions in his career. Founder of Sony Computer Entertainment America and later, in 1998, President of SEGA America.

He started his career in 1980 by founding Pacific Novelty Manufacturing Inc. arcade games from atari later to work in the console division of the company. He was later hired by Sony to set up and become president of the North American video game division.

It is stated that he was the architect of games such as Crash Bandicoot or Spyro the Dragon exclusive to PlayStation, but started working for the competition. Supervising the launch of SEGA Saturn Before he became the maximum head of the division on American soil.

Although he was already CEO of SEGA of America in March 1997, it only took him a year to rise to number one. chairman position. Already in that position, it was he who announced in 1999 that the SEGA Dreamcast would be priced as low as $199, causing friction with the company’s Japanese division.

He is remembered for being president of SEGA of AmericaThereafter, Stolar continued to hold senior positions. Big companies like Matteland even tied to Google in 2005, which caused a lot of debate over whether the company could bet on video games at a time when such a thing didn’t seem likely to happen.

We regret the loss of other important figures that have left their mark on the sector in recent months. In May, David Ward, co-founder of the iconic Ocean and pioneer in the development of the eighties, passed away, and in December we received news of the death of NES and Super Nintendo creator Masayuki Uemura.