Kazuo Hirai should be fired.

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

RolStoppable said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

That's utter bullshit. If you recall, Sony utterely self-destructed with the release of the PS3, even though it was following the same design philosophy as the PS1 and PS2. Sony could have easily self-destruct with PS4 as well, you're just being disingenous.

Hirai kept in mind that it's important to launch at $399, because price wasn't much of a consideration when it came to the PS3. Not exactly a genius move.

Turning the positions around, it means that the 360 beating the PS3 wasn't much of a challenge either. There's no reason to give Microsoft special credit. More specifically, Microsoft handled their advantage poorly. On the other hand, Nintendo pulled off success against all odds, because their console wasn't backed by the industry; meaning that Sony's self-destruction would have not automatically translated into bigger market share for them, unlike in Microsoft's case.

@joeorc: Bringing up smartphones, tablets and micro consoles isn't a counter-argument.

Against what odds? Last gen was a fluke, the perfect storm of conditions that have yet to be recreated. The industry didn't matter cause Nintendo was being backed by the mainstream.

Kaz has been the CEO for to short a time to scapegoat the problems upon him. If fired, whoever replaces him will have a much worse scenario to deal with and will get fired as well for not stopping a problem that increases when firing CEOs. Granted I'm overestimating his contribution but if you want an easy way to kill a dying company this would be an easy way to do it.