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Forums - Sony Discussion - Kaz Hirai To Step Down As Sony CEO April 1st.

quickrick on 02 February 2018

Sony is doomed.



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endimion on 02 February 2018

Turning Sony around ???? You mean cutting limbs left and right to keep afloat a sinking ship..... No offense but from a pure financial stand point there is nothing turned around about Sony.... Now before I get attacked I ain't talking about the PS brand in particular which is a powerful brand.... But to say Kaz has turned around Sony is a stretch.... He sure did good but there's a long way to go... And Sony has a lot of internal management issues to settle and probably more limbs that need to be cut.... They should focus entertainment production IMO and cut the rest at least for the mass market... Keep the pro and high end hardware and cut the rest...



UltimateGamer1982 on 02 February 2018
endimion said:
Turning Sony around ???? You mean cutting limbs left and right to keep afloat a sinking ship..... No offense but from a pure financial stand point there is nothing turned around about Sony.... Now before I get attacked I ain't talking about the PS brand in particular which is a powerful brand.... But to say Kaz has turned around Sony is a stretch.... He sure did good but there's a long way to go... And Sony has a lot of internal management issues to settle and probably more limbs that need to be cut.... They should focus entertainment production IMO and cut the rest at least for the mass market... Keep the pro and high end hardware and cut the rest...

You do realize Sony just posted it’s best ever third quarter earnings ever right? You might want to give this a read. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sony-results/sony-reports-best-ever-third-quarter-profit-forecasts-new-annual-record-idUSKBN1FM0K1



d21lewis on 02 February 2018

I was hoping for the return of Kevin Butler.



KBG29 on 02 February 2018
endimion said:
Turning Sony around ???? You mean cutting limbs left and right to keep afloat a sinking ship..... No offense but from a pure financial stand point there is nothing turned around about Sony.... Now before I get attacked I ain't talking about the PS brand in particular which is a powerful brand.... But to say Kaz has turned around Sony is a stretch.... He sure did good but there's a long way to go... And Sony has a lot of internal management issues to settle and probably more limbs that need to be cut.... They should focus entertainment production IMO and cut the rest at least for the mass market... Keep the pro and high end hardware and cut the rest...

I agree that they have a long ways to go to stabilize the company, and the main issue is getting all divisions/managment focused on a core vision. 

However, they are in the best postition they have ever been in as a company. They will have by far the most profitable year they have ever had. Every division is profitable, and some are very profitable. 

The job is never done, but Kaz did an excellent job in the time he was there. Now it is up to the next wave to continue where him and Sir Howard Stringer left off. They need to unify their divisions behind the PlayStation OS and PlayStation Network, and get all of their products working in perfect harmony. The PS4 has given them a launching pad, now they just need to continue to build on it. 



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Medisti on 02 February 2018

PS lost House and Sony is losing Hirai? They can still improve from here, but those are two losses they need to think very carefully on how to move forward after.



PwerlvlAmy on 02 February 2018

parody kaz account is now cannon



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DonFerrari on 02 February 2018

He really is retiring after meting his commitment, let's hope the new CEO and ex-CFO do even better (and should from a cost control perspective).



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 02 February 2018
PwerlvlAmy said:
parody kaz account is now cannon

He will retire this year as well.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

RenCutypoison on 02 February 2018
PwerlvlAmy said:
parody kaz account is now cannon

Lore thickens.

I was quite happy with Kaz, as he worked most his carreer for the Playstation. Kenichiro Yoshida looks ok though, I just hope he doesn't sell the movies business or something like that.