I have a hard time believing they'd fire him based on the ps3 performance. Despite generally low sales, it is already helping them win the blu-ray war, and if blu-ray out in out wins the ps3 will be hailed as it's leading cause. Secondly they've yet to launch any big titles to really make a difference as far as consoles go. And I don't think anyone can argue that the the psp is selling poorly, with 20 million units sold, and it holding it's ground it's already proved itself successful.
Yet Sony has been champaion of this industry for a while so they must be furious to be taking a back seat to Nintendo on consoles and handhelds. And even more important is the money aspect. They have spent far more money then Nintendo to develop the userbase they have, it's hard to argue taking on that kind of risk. Imagine telling a company to spend 20 billion to get back 22 billion. That's a 10% profit margin garnered on the most successful two consoles ever. Which your basically saying, if your not No.1 by a long shot your going to be losing money. And that's dangerous. Worse too is that this should have been Sony's bread and butter generation. The generation where they made so many deals and now own so many studios, and their brand could sell itself that they could produce a larger profit margin. I believe it was time to start playing smart instead of expensive, and that may be the reason for him leaving. Or he could be at the point where he's had enough.
