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zorg1000 said:
I dont think the op really believes this, it seems more like hes mocking the people who think Iwata needs to be fired.

This.

if the "this is coming from a Sony fanboy" bit doesn't give it away, then I don't know what will.

people can be so dense at times :P



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zorg1000 said:
I dont think the op really believes this, it seems more like hes mocking the people who think Iwata needs to be fired.


Exactly that. We know Anfebious isn't Sony fanboy, he is a great and fun user that altough support Nintendo and is doing this to mock people asking Iwata to step down. He is one of the best supporters here since he seems sincere and complain about Ninty missteps.



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zorg1000 said:
I dont think the op really believes this, it seems more like hes mocking the people who think Iwata needs to be fired.

I didn't really think that way. I don't know Angebious enough, so I thought that he was saying some ridiculous things. Looking at the OP again, I think it's a satire thread, not a serious one.



He won't be fired. He's a figurehead.



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Kaz needs to fucking go because his stare is kinda creepy..



                
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kowenicki said:

What exactly would firing him accomplish? Further diminish investor faith in Sony? Have any suggestions on who should replace him? Kutaragi perhaps? A pointless endeavor. How would it improve Sony's sitatution?



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RolStoppable said:
Kantor said:
Sony was a mess when he inherited it, and I don't think he could really be blamed for not turning it around in the short time he had.

He did completely undo Kutaragi's mess in SCE, so he has something of a proven track record of turning a company around. I think it's worth giving him another couple of years at least.

What? Kaz Hirai did nothing special as head of SCE. The price of the PS3 was reduced over time (which anyone could have done) and third parties never wanted to leave PlayStation behind in order to develop for the market leader, nor was the 360's installed base big enough to justify exclusive games (meaning that Hirai didn't even have any convincing to do). He took over a division whose biggest problems solved themselves over time.

Aside from that, it's important to look at products that were born from Hirai's leadership at SCE. PlayStation Move was a bust. The PSP Go was a flop. But most importantly, the PS Vita is paving the way for Sony's exit in the handheld market. As for the PS4 (which Hirai was also responsible for), it's not much of a challenge to come out on top when the competition self-destructs in such a spectacular fashion.

Hirai has yet to show any ability of lateral thinking. All he has been doing is sustain existing things and cut things that were beyond saving, but there are no new ideas. At least not any that have had a positive effect.

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.



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Anfebious said:
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Stop dancing around the point, shut the entire company down and sell off the profitable parts send em all home with golden parachutes and just say fuck it to the consumers and shareholders. That's what you want right?

I mean you can stop pretending like you care about the wellbeing of a billion dollar industry, the millions of people that work there or the country supported by its infrastructure and admit that the company who manufacturers the boxes of plastic you prefer sells a couple million more is more important than that?

I mean what are you waiting for?

I only want to see Sony grow and be a healthy company. I don't care about that petty console war you speak about.


than , you know there is over 148,000 mainly japanese workers Sony Employ and Kaz is trying to save most of those jobs he can, you and it seem's many just do not freaking get it, and thats fine and dandy and all, but the vote to keep him and the board is and has been to keep the steady point of cut and trim until they can keep the company in the black and atleast keep mainly again "japanse" workers employed!

the fact that he is not sitting on his d@mn @ss and not doing anything, as a matter of fact he is doing and has got quite a bit done in order to fix the freaking money pit bleeding of the TV section of the company, not only that but he and the board has no intention of selling off or spinning off the playstation section of the company because its not a d@mn public IPO and Sony has no intention of it ever going public for good reason, the fact this is a game forum also means unlike playstation the cuts are mainly going to the tv section so why in hell does this keep coming up in this forum?

Again Japan is not Europe, its not the United States the market dynamics by the west does not work that way in japan.

First it was d@n Loebe will get Sony to spin off playstation, but..but he has 7% of Sony, and it did not happen

But..but the investors are going to vote out Kaz, yet when the vote came in the board of directors are still there.

Investors are getting fed up with Leadership over at Sony..oh you mean "West Centric Investor's are" yeah what the hell else is new!

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RolStoppable said:
Kantor said:
Sony was a mess when he inherited it, and I don't think he could really be blamed for not turning it around in the short time he had.

He did completely undo Kutaragi's mess in SCE, so he has something of a proven track record of turning a company around. I think it's worth giving him another couple of years at least.

What? Kaz Hirai did nothing special as head of SCE. The price of the PS3 was reduced over time (which anyone could have done) and third parties never wanted to leave PlayStation behind in order to develop for the market leader, nor was the 360's installed base big enough to justify exclusive games (meaning that Hirai didn't even have any convincing to do). He took over a division whose biggest problems solved themselves over time.

Aside from that, it's important to look at products that were born from Hirai's leadership at SCE. PlayStation Move was a bust. The PSP Go was a flop. But most importantly, the PS Vita is paving the way for Sony's exit in the handheld market. As for the PS4 (which Hirai was also responsible for), it's not much of a challenge to come out on top when the competition self-destructs in such a spectacular fashion.

Hirai has yet to show any ability of lateral thinking. All he has been doing is sustain existing things and cut things that were beyond saving, but there are no new ideas. At least not any that have had a positive effect.

is that why Sony is just ignoring the playstation Move with VR? no that would be Nintendo with the WiiMote and Microsoft with Kinect! just because Sony does not heavy spend to promote a product does not mean they do not care about it or that is somehow a freaking flop!

" PS Vita is paving the way for Sony's exit in the handheld market."

Really ? because Sony's got the right idea to invest more into smartphones and Tablet gaming and making a Micro Game console which by the Way Apple and Amazon and Google are heavy to invest into the living room and it seems that at least Sony's got the idea to at least challenge them on that front with a Micro Game console.

The fact is Sony under Kaz has at least better direction and d@mn sure more focus to the Eco system that they are trying to build.

"At least not any that have had a positive effect."

Yuppers sure he is not ..lmao



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