Will Sony fire Kaz Hirai?

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generic-user-1 on 17 September 2014

Maraccuda said:
My sports team just sacked its coach A FEW HOURS AGO! So bear with me for a sec.
Both my team and Sony have gone through some problems and while sacking the coach/CEO has no guarantee it definitely shifts the blame and negative stigma to one person, leaving the slate clean for a new start.

....but I miss my old team's coach already....

hsv?

the analogie isnt that good, u can turn around a team in hours, a big fish like sony needs alot more.

it will take hard cuts and some time till sony is back again and they shouldnt fire kaz, hes doing a okay job.

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MoHasanie on 17 September 2014

Yes. They've been unprofitable for so long and nothing he's doing is making them profitable.

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GodOfPeace3 on 17 September 2014

Why would they get rid of the him? Playstation division is owned by Sony but it isn't the one losing money by a longshot.

Besides, this isn't really news. Forbes had Sony posted for a loss for 2014 since early 2013. And them climbing back to even in 2015 and huge profits in 2016-beyond.

Everything is going exactly how everyone already knew it would go.

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MoHasanie on 17 September 2014

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Why would they get rid of the him? Playstation division is owned by Sony but it isn't the one losing money by a longshot.

Besides, this isn't really news. Forbes had Sony posted for a loss for 2014 since early 2013. And them climbing back to even in 2015 and huge profits in 2016-beyond.

Everything is going exactly how everyone already knew it would go.

Kaz Hirai isn't in charge of Playstation anymore. He's been the President and CEO of Sony since 2012.

Of course this is big news. Sony had earlier predicted a loss of just $466m and now its become $2bn. That is a gigantic loss.

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Teeqoz on 17 September 2014

I picture Sony as a massive cargo ship. Ship's like that can take 20 miles just to start turning, but Kaz is doing good job at it currently. It'll take a while to get sony back into the green, but currently Kaz are making the right moves.

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CDiablo on 17 September 2014

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And replace him with who? Andrew House? Don Mattrick?

It would be pleasure if Don Matrick hired as CEO in SONY company....

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