steven787 on 26 July 2008
| Starmistkarmic said: @BengaBenga I agree wih your premise that Hirai shouldn't be calling his homeruns when his bat is broken. But I still think his middling language and the tone of the article was enough to convey Sony's humbled position. Like I said, Hirai is painted into a corner, here, with shareholders and investors. Almost anything he said would be wrong to a bunch of people who just lost a bunch of money. So he's trying to convey a sort of cautious optimism that Sony has lately adopted towards it's Playstation brand. Investors see the word "try" and discount any wild predictions, as the language was intended. I'm sure they spent days coming up with and giving Hirai that line to give to the Times. It's middling, at best. The hope is that potential investors will look at Sony as a company who's learned from it's mistakes. Just read what he said, it was pretty weak considering some of the hyperbole coming out of the business world. I mean, if he came out and said "we're happy wih third place, no problems here" The stock would plummet. He's walking a tightrope. |
What he's doing could actually get him into a lot of trouble. If Sony were to face some serious financial hardship (which looks pretty likely), who do you think would be the fall guy?
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
