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Seece on 20 April 2012
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Tridrakious said:
Seece said:
Gilgamesh said:
Kaz has a lot of weight on his shoulders but if anyone can turn around the company it'll be him.

Why? I keep seeing this, feels like Obama all over again.


Obama has done brilliant wonders for the USA. But that aside let me see if i can help clearify the Kaz situation.

 

Kaz led PlayStation with a strategy that made the division not only profitable again, but also made the division competitive during a generation that they clearly was getting crushed. Microsoft and Nintendo didn't really do anything different with their strategies from the beginning to the middle of the generation. Kaz came in and knocked the doors down. Forcing the PlayStation engineers to work closer with the software guys/gals to make tools that were easier to use and help third parties understand the tech under the hood without having to invest as much as Sony did to make the hardware.

Look at the division from 2005 to 2008 (before Kaz had the top spot in PlayStation), the PS2 was dying, the PSP had no ground to stand on, the PS3 had a terrible launch that was dismantled by a year head start of the 360 and a two day later launch of the Wii. In late 2008 when Kaz was put in charge as THE President and CEO of the division he could make the decisions on the incredibly profitable PSP Go (it did not sell very well, but they made quite a sum of money off of each one that did sell, plus the spark of interest in an all digital gaming handheld), PlayStation Move and the redesigned PS3. The PlayStation 3 is now at a point where had it launched in the same year as the Xbox 360, the PS3 would be leading (the gap recently fell below 2 million units).

Under Kaz's leadership he took a platform that everyone was giving up on and in the same generation of hardware has given it a real shot at finishing in at least 2nd place. Back in 2008 when Metal Gear Solid 4 released and didn't turn the tide right then and there for the system. I remember people saying it wasn't possible for the PS3 to ever be anything against the 360.

So I too believe that Kaz can turn Sony around.

A lot of that was going to happen with or without Kaz though, the slim, price drops ect. PSP actually did better in its early years compared to 09 - 11 I believe. PSP Go, Move ect, not really anything to boast about. The gap is likely around 3m not 2m. Just my cluster of thoughts