Where has Kaz Hirai gone? Also Interview with Jack Tretton.

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DietSoap on 16 June 2013

Soleron said:

DietSoap said:

Soleron said:
It's interesting that ostensibly the most embarrasing presentation in gaming's history (E3 2006) was the main force in establishing Kaz's very positive popular personality/image.

Because that shit was hilarious. If you're gonna bomb hard, might as well make it fun, right?

Yeah but it somehow went from ironic to genuine.

He sounded so excited for Ridge Racer ;_;

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Shinobi-san on 16 June 2013

PullusPardus said:

snyps said:
jack tretton is a lot more likable.

You kidding? jack is as likeable as Don Mattrick , he's a fanboy

Kaz is chill as hell.

Don is on another level of delusional. Atleast Jack seems aware of what hes actually saying and what it means to people.

But i agree, Jack seems genuine and stuff but hes no Kaz!

Major Nelson handled the DRM questions 10 times better than Don and he didnt say much different.

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Damagon on 16 June 2013

Tretton's lisp resonates well with gamers. Yoshida's spirit however is the best, it's a shame his english is so limited because he's a true representation of the PlayStation division.

I do miss Kaz though, his smile is simply badass.

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think-man on 16 June 2013

Need more Kaz otherwise no Ps4 purchase! :O

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enditall727 said:

blkfish92 said:

Kantor said:

Nem said:
He is not gonna show up on these events anymore. He manages the whole corporation, not Playstation only. Thats why you get Jack Tretton instead. He is the guy that has Kaz's old job. The gifs should have jack instead of kaz, but i guess people just like Kaz cause he looks devious.

Andrew House has Kaz's job. Tretton still has his old job.

So they get Tretton to do most of the hosting, and House shows off the hardware and talks about pricing like Kaz used to.

Jack Tretton has a likeable adorable voice and he doesn't stutter to much so I like him.

And he looks like Fred Flintstone

He reminds me of Danny Crane.... the same smug look lol

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darkknightkryta on 16 June 2013

I think they need to make limited edition PS4s with Kaz's face on the case.

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Talal on 16 June 2013

He's busy being god.

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Ssenkahdavic on 16 June 2013

If Kaz was there it would have been Sony Showing off Kaz showing off the PS4.

Not Sony showing off the PS4.

He would have taken away the excitement for everything Playstation. Instead of Fans going crazy of the Look and what the PS4 does, the internet would explode with

"Sony Wins E3 cause of Kaz"
and
"MS loses E3 cause of Kaz"
and
"Nintendo Loses E3 cause of Nintendo and Kaz!"

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loy310 on 23 June 2013

He is in the cloud. But seriously he can't really show favoritism to any particular part of Sony, so i doubt he will show up at E3 again. In regards to the company as a whole, he has been pretty vocal in between April and June.
I like how he is leaving management below him to do what they need to do.
Sometimes the best was to run a company is to stay out of your employees way.