No company willingly loses that much money when other options are available, especially when facing the wealthiest company in the world and a company that dominated a sector Sony was trying to break into with the PSP. Blu Ray still isn't that big even though its grown leaps and bounds, and whether you want to admit it or not Sony has posted enormous losses in the past few years that can primarily be attributed to the slow drain of software royalties in the Playstation / Networked Products Division. If blu-ray royalties had increased faster than Playstation royalties had fallen, then Kurtagi would have won his bet, but as of now it isn't looking good. I know personally I'll never buy a physical format for movies or TV shows again - you can watch everything you'd ever want legally either freely or for a small price on a computer monitor.

There were fairly widespread rumors at least E3 that Sony was going to consider scrapping PS4 if PS3 didn't turn around to big profits soon. Every Sony system - PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3 - has launched for a loss. Once PS4 becomes their main system without a huge long tail from a system as dominant as PS2 they're going to be in even more trouble than they are now as it isn't like costs are coming down. Even Wii games cost alot more than GC games did to make.

Because Ken was the sole person who developed the Playstation brand and its systems.  Just like Miyamoto is the sole person who developed every Nintendo system from the N64 and up.

Sorry, he may have been smart and he may have had a lot to do with the system.  But the fact is, he also steered the entire Gaming devision against the grain of what became the popular trend (mainstream/casual games) and provided systems that were nearly twice the cost of their compeditors.  All the while only defending his actions by making rediculous statements like 'The PS3 will be able to play games you've never seen, it'll be the first 4D system' and 'If people truly want a PS3, they'll save up the money to get one'.

I don't think he should be entirely to blame for the losses Sony has encountered with the PS3 and PSP.  But he probably wasn't 'asked' to resign without reason, let's put it that way.  Especially after Sony tried to drastically change its image.

Exactly... that's why theSource is right this time ;)

but it wasn't KEN's own decision as SON Y itself needed a royalties source as BLU-RAY and this was the best platform to push it

You're completely and hopelessly biased, aren't you? I'm sure that substantial facts mean little in the face of that, but know this. "Best" is your opinion, the fact that he drove the playstation brand into the damn ground, and now it's struggling to surpass the "Xbox" is something of an inconvinient truth.

The Playstation 3 launched with a series of dumbass moves including price, and the fact that 3rd and 1st parties made some good games on the console after he was retired has nothing to do with the fact that the business decisions were terrible, and forced him into retirement. It's still a 3rd place console.

SELNOR is not here for TROLLING...............LMAO

and actually it was SONY's decision to put BLU-RAY as they wanted a future revenue source so solely didn't allow it

When did I say I wouldn't?

The Source's opinion was strictly from a business prespective, so was my post.

Why are you LMAO? He didn't troll. He just stated what really happened.

Then you should have said at the end of it "My opinion is only looking at the situation from a business perspective, if ya wanna argue talk business not games"

I wouldn't have responded.

Someone else who doesn't read full posts.

1. I never said "Best"

2. I said "arguably".

And no shit. It was probably one of the worst and cocked up launches ever.