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Topic: More proof that designers are weak. Kutaragi demoted. (Read 1534 times)
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TOKYO - Ken Kutaragi, whose name is often paired with "geek" and "genius," seemed to many a logical choice to take Sony Corp.'s helm as it struggles to turn around its stumbling electronics business.
ADVERTISEMENT He is, after all, known as "Father of the PlayStation" for siring the industry's most popular video game console.
And Kutaragi's latest creation, the handheld PlayStation Portable, is hot. An estimated 3 million have been sold since it was released in Japan in December and the United States last month.
But instead of ascending in the dramatic management reshuffle last month that put Howard Stringer in the chief executive's chair, Kutaragi was demoted.
Not only was he passed over for the Welshman who had overseen Sony's music and movie businesses, but he also lost his seat on Sony's board, although he still runs Sony Computer Entertainment, the company's game subsidiary. Here's a link to the original article. I honestly believe SCEA and Sony could not function in a manner we normally associate with healthy businesses without Kutaragi. Had he just walked out the future of the Playstation 3 and the PSP would no doubt be in jeopardy. Of course, I may simply be giving him too much credit. While Microsoft is buying fame, Sony is demoting it. Amazing.
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