Honestly Stringer doesn't deserve the animosity. While most of the Sony executives in their gaming division do deserve ridicule. Stringer on the other hand has been rather open, and fair minded. Anyone on these forums should be well acquainted with his past statements in regard to formats, pricing, and finance. He has made it pretty clear in the past he was not happy with the plans for the PS3.
Have we chosen to forget about his comments about the format war. He said in interviews had he been involved at the time he would have sought a compromise. Rather then have a war in the first place. He made numerous statements about the consoles initial price being far too high. His thoughts on finance are apparent in that Sony hired him for that reason above all others. They hired him to slash costs, and from all accounts he seems to be doing a fantastic job. Selling off divisions, and abandoning less lucrative markets.
His statements are hardly a shock he is excited about their next years lineup in comparison to the lineup offered on the Wii. Historically speaking his statements make a great deal of sense. Not only are their games for next year traditional winners, but the machine might actually show some graphical glory, or start to make serious use of its features. He is betting on the core gaming market, and the hardcore market to develop a significant interest in their console. He might be right, and he might be wrong. His opinion however is not ludicrous by any stretch.
