BengaBenga on 26 July 2008
| Starmistkarmic said: Some of the people on this site need to chill out. This was the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. telling the Financial Times that "I want to try to see if we can exceed the PS2 numbers in 9 years." The article mentions Sony "plans" to sell 150m units and that Hirai "hopes" to eventually pass the PS2. This is the measured and tempered language of a giant in the industry brought low by competition and mistakes. And it was told to the Financial Times, not to F'ing IGN. He's speaking to investors, here, not you. One of the many jobs a CEO has is to inspire investors to buy the stock of the company. Sales of stock generate capital that the company can use towards bettering it's service and products. After a tough couple years in the Playstation division, Sony needs to let investors know that they're still a good bet. That his language was too soft would be my only criticism, but investors can see through hyperbole a mile away, so Kaz was kind of painted into a corner here: don't be too blustery, but don't put your tail between your legs, eiher. But, here, he's "crazy" for doing his job as well as he can given the circumstances. Please consider the context of a person's comments and his/her audience before making a bunch of uninformed criticisms. Not everything under the sun is fodder for your stupid-ass console wars. Go play a game. |
No, you're wrong. As a CEO he should at all times paint a realistic picture of the situation BECAUSE he's talking to shareholders. Highly overestimating the potential of the PS3 is not doing "his job as well as he can", it makes him look bad, since large investors will have other data to know what's going on with the once very profitable SCE.
Do you think they don't see that? SCE lost 1.2 billion on a total Sony profit of 3.3 billion. You really think the shareholders will accept SCE's opinion anymore after the last disastrous (financially) period?
