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Louie on 18 March 2007

Maybe he isn´t sure if the PS3 can beat Wii? At least Sony knows were their problems are: The high price and maybe the lack of games at the moment. It´s good to know there are still some people at Sony who use their brain to think...and not their feed.



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HappySqurriel on 18 March 2007

Sir Howard Stringer (from my understanding) is a very intellinget man, which is one of the reasons he is the only western CEO Sony has ever had. I'm willing to bet that he wasn't really happy with how the PS3 was going to be marketed but he was informed too late to do anything about it ...

Mr. Kutaragi was notorious within the company for his reluctance to communicate with his bosses or other units. In 2005, Mr. Kutaragi hosted an event at a big electronics conference in Las Vegas to celebrate the U.S. launch of the PlayStation Portable handheld game machine -- one of the company's biggest products that year. He didn't invite executives from Sony's electronics division, which provided the parts.
In developing the PlayStation 3 console, the device's latest iteration, Mr. Kutaragi went over budget on development costs without informing Mr. Stringer, according to a person familiar with the situation. When Mr. Stringer urged Mr. Kutaragi to have dinner with the heads of the electronics division, he did so just once a year, this person said. A spokeswoman for Mr. Kutaragi declined to comment.
In September, Mr. Kutaragi announced Sony was halving shipments of the new PlayStation to the U.S. and Japan and was pushing back its European launch. At a news conference, Mr. Kutaragi blamed Sony's electronics group for failing to produce enough of a critical component, exposing his tense relationship with the division.
I don't care how legendary or historically successful a manager might be - if they are unable or unwilling to adapt to the culture, the vision you, as leader, have clearly communicated, they have to go. But not two years later, after the corrosive effect of doing things "their way" has already sunk in. Having a senior manager blame other groups for his group's woes? Raising concerns of investors, suppliers and customers alike? Unacceptable everywhere and at any time in any culture.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/sonys-problems-start-at-the-top-241418.php



BenKenobi88 on 18 March 2007

yikes Kutaragi...tsk tsk.



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Andrew on 18 March 2007

I think he is saying "the wii is wonderful" as in its fun to play and stuff. Their is no harm in saying that the other company has some cool stuff. You should read the OXM once in a while, they talk alot about Nintendo and how much fun it is to play



Kwaad on 18 March 2007

this goes back to the Wii is a impulse buy. He is saying the Wii is for non-gamers. The PS3 is for gamers. (still)



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dallas on 18 March 2007

I am surprised that a CEO would say such positive statements about a competitors product. This was a really stupid thing for him to say, and his company won't be pleased.



stewacide on 18 March 2007

I get the impression Sony upper magagement must have been totally out-of-the-loop during PS3 development - no way they would have allowed things to get so out of control - and are genuinely surprised how far their gaming division missed the mark.



sieanr on 18 March 2007

dallas said: I am surprised that a CEO would say such positive statements about a competitors product. This was a really stupid thing for him to say, and his company won't be pleased.
My understanding is playing games makes you a gamer, but playing games on a Wii doesn't count.



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Death2009 on 19 March 2007

He should be fired for saying something so stupid. BTW, I am now 100% anti-sony. he is clearly saying the PS3 would fail because it's not marketed like the wii and has the same power and price. If he doesn't believe in his system why should I buy it? 360 here I come.



TheSource on 19 March 2007

The funny thing Death is that Microsoft guys like Peter Moore say similar things...going so far as to say Nintendo has the pulse of gamers...which makes it look like Microsoft does not in comparison... The important thing is they all encroach on each other, which means everything will be cheap eventually...



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