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Kutaragi "uncommunicative", blamed for Sony's troubles

Posted Apr 1, 2007 at 1:10AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: News Tags: Howard Stringer, Japan, Ken Kutaragi, Newsweek, Sony, Wall Street Journal
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Ken Kutaragi and the Sony PSP - Image 1Remember that Wall Street Journal report that labelled Ken Kutaragi as Sony's "stumbling block"? Newsweek has also come out with a similar piece on the embattled godfather of the Sony PlayStation.

Kutaragi has recently been transferred to the role of Chairman at Sony Computer Entertainment, making him more involved in game development. Kaz Hirai now acts in the role of president. According to Play.tm, the Newsweek report alleges that "the former SCE president was shuffled because of a lack of communication with Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer."

The lack of communication reportedly led to the string of problems alluded to in the Wall Street Journal article. Stringer was also reportedly unhappy about Kutaragi's advice to cut the PS3's price in Japan, something which, according to Play.tm, "the Sony boss believes could have been a subsequently poor decision."

Stringer allegedly attempted to fix the lack of communication between him and Kutaragi, telling Newsweek that "I've had dinner with [Kutaragi] more times than I've had dinner with my wife, and that's not really healthy."



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# Thats not cool...Guest 2007-04-01 02:27
^^^ More people would buy that damn system if it wasnt so much.

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# .Guest 2007-04-01 03:28
Price drop ONLY in Japan. Rest of the world full price.

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# somebodyGuest 2007-04-01 04:10
Somebody should punch that ugly *****er.

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# fire in the hole XDGuest 2007-04-01 04:33
Sony should pretty well fire this damn man an put a young dynamic lad, who's willing to listen to gamers and take advice into account instead of just showing off as a king. How can an old man anyway understand the playstation generations??

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# FFFFFFFFFFF............Edgar_ 2007-04-01 05:10
Ken's a piece of *****E

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# UmmmmCHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-04-01 06:14
Probably because he invented the idea of Playstation.

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# lawlGuest 2007-04-01 06:33
hes got big hand

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# Forget the priceGuest 2007-04-01 07:22
Forget the price, whats the point of paying so much when u can get it for free. Look here: http://www.freewebs.com/freethings4u/



425 pounds my ass.

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# Sometimes QJ.Net disapoints me...Guest 2007-04-01 10:15
This news is so old it's got cobb webs on it!



WTF QJ!



This happend back on Nov 30th 06, get a great

GOD DAMN clue before posting next time.

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# Did ya'll happen to know?Guest 2007-04-01 10:23
Did anybody else happen to catch the part that

because of all these shinanigens with Kutaragi,

that GTA IV and Assassin's Creed was cancelled

for the PS3!!!



This means we have to go Xbox to play AC!

GRRrrRRrr... This sucks!

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# whyNOYS 2007-04-01 10:54
ms game department is focused on gaming

not trying to shove bd down your throat.

I dont think sony is losing exclusives because

of developement problems. I think they have

lost focus and game developers know it.

Sony is trying way too hard to get this console

into the living room instead of going for what got them to#1 gaming!!!!

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# :'(Guest 2007-04-01 13:12
I Know, He's Scaring me :(

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# huhGuest 2007-04-01 14:51
chuck...are you that much of a fanboy?



kutaragi is a dumb *****...no matter if he invented the ps1...we are in the 3rd gen..things change...and this man is not.

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# yepGuest 2007-04-01 14:53
sony has lost its touch...



they don't give a ***** about games...even though the ps3 is a supposedly gaming machine.

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# asdfGuest 2007-04-01 18:44
i agree



the wii is killing it in the gaming department and its basically a game cube w/ a better controller

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# ErrrrGuest 2007-04-01 19:43
Hate to burst your bubble:



AC, GTA IV are multiplat - on 360, PS3, PC....

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# wellhush404 2007-04-02 01:09
Kutaragi-san is an engineer. I dun see why he's jumped on for his communication skills. He's heads in making and improving hardware.

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# great idea sony!Guest 2007-04-02 02:18
Funny how they only talk about dropping the price where the thing actually sells.

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# he's a professional idiotGuest 2007-04-02 02:22
You call the PS3 an improvment?

All he did is turn playstation into movie players

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# reGuest 2007-04-02 02:56
i reckon if the ps3 wasnt packaged together and sold more like the xbox360 (without wireless/hdd/new-age-disk-player in the same package) people would have bought more because it seemed cheaper, but then again the games were always going to be bluray so it was destined to cost so damn much

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