IGN:(father of playstation) Ken Kutaragi Steps Down

[j83]

Well at least his replacement, Kazuo Hirai, speaks fluent English. It was always hard to understand all that was being said at E3.

I think part of this was probably the share holders "screaming for blood." Wallstreet has been up in arms since the issues with the PS3.

[ha-dou-ken]

wow. What a legacy. I wonder what he'll revolutionize next...maybe the ordinary household toaster. It shall be the best toaster ever...the toaster of the future. I shall call it...toaster station. I mean he, he shall call it toaster station. er...i'm going to sleep.

[ParamountCell]

hahah toaster station... All jokes aside though, I may not have agreed with some of his business strategies, but the man is a genius in his own way. A creepy genius, but a genius is still a genius.

[pogonip]

He is a genius who let his arrogence lead him for the worse .

[PhilOsirus]

Sony's stock has been doing rather well in the past few months. But really I don't understand why Kutaragi was involved in more than the console's hardware. I think he had too much power over the whole brand. Anyway I think Christmas 2007 will be the make or break for the PS3.

[ParamountCell]

Playstation home, may well keep the Playstation selling come christmas, as well as a few other exclusives.

1up Kutaragi best quotes (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159047)

A very interesting article regarding his career. (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=24620)

[NME-Se7eN]

I respected what he did for the industry and gaming hardware in general. It is a shame when designers, despite success, eventually have to stand down when they create what is considered a failure (although I have a blast with my PS3 and CAC looks good). I just want to know what this means for Cellius.

[heavyness]

so who is Sony going to get to give us crazy quotes to laugh at (http://kotaku.com/gaming/media-criticism/ken-kutaragi-misunderstood-or-just-nuts-111634.php)? while he has done a lot, his strength wasn't explaining problems to the public...

"PS3 is "for consumers to think to themselves 'I will work more hours to buy one'. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else."



and talking about the sticky button on the PSP [which they did go back and fix]...

"I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world. Nobody would criticize a renowned architect's blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong. It's the same as that."

[progerik]

Its Officially out ! :)
http://www.cgtoolkit.com/artofxsi.htm

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