Sony's Kutaragi resigns!

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#51 DementedDragon
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I hope the others know how to make a game console, otherwise this could be the last playstation.  :(

Cheers to Kutaragi, and the joy of gaming he brought into this community.

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#52 gmastersexay
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[QUOTE="gmastersexay"]

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]Sounds like J. Allard got his wish.Dreams-Visions

And you don't here too much of him anymore either.

He really did get promoted (unlike Ken).  J Allard is:

Corporate Vice President, Design and Development, Entertainment and Devices Division

;) 

And I am sure with a nice office in the basement storage closet and red stapler to go along with that office.

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#53 Jrob2k8
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Sony just self-owned themselves

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Can you self-own anyone else?
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#55 RurouniSaiyajin
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I hope the others know how to make a game console, otherwise this could be the last playstation.  :(

Cheers to Kutaragi, and the joy of gaming he brought into this community.

DementedDragon

He's still the Senior Technology Advisor...

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#56 DementedDragon
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Senior Technology Advisor...RurouniSaiyajin

*whew*

My optimism has been restored.   ^_~

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#57 Dreams-Visions
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[QUOTE="DementedDragon"]

I hope the others know how to make a game console, otherwise this could be the last playstation. :(

Cheers to Kutaragi, and the joy of gaming he brought into this community.

RurouniSaiyajin

He's still the Senior Technology Advisor...

Advisor = no power to influence.  We could all be advisors :) 

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#58 Dreams-Visions
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[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="gmastersexay"]

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]Sounds like J. Allard got his wish.gmastersexay

And you don't here too much of him anymore either.

He really did get promoted (unlike Ken). J Allard is:

Corporate Vice President, Design and Development, Entertainment and Devices Division

;)

And I am sure with a nice office in the basement storage closet and red stapler to go along with that office.

J Allard?  Hell naw.  That was Ken.  J is moving up quickly at Microsoft.  And for good reason.  He really is good at what he does. 

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#59 HeedleGlavin
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They got over cocky with that $600 price.l_The_DetoX_l
Agreed. How ignorant of them to think that a $600 game console would appeal to the mass market.
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#60 Hir0_N
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Lmfao hes running from Sony before they realize they are doomed and want to kill Krazy ken for all his mistakes.
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#61 redneckdouglas
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ugh..more bad news.

 

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Huh where!?!?

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#62 Shinobi7777
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its about time Sony got rid of that idiotcooler890

 The idiot who invented the Playstation and sold 280 million between PS1, PS2 and PSP thx to him. 

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#63 Nike_Air
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[QUOTE="RurouniSaiyajin"][QUOTE="DementedDragon"]

I hope the others know how to make a game console, otherwise this could be the last playstation. :(

Cheers to Kutaragi, and the joy of gaming he brought into this community.

Dreams-Visions

He's still the Senior Technology Advisor...

Advisor = no power to influence. We could all be advisors :)

They do have the power to influence , otherwise they wouldn't have these high paying positions.

 

 

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#64 RurouniSaiyajin
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[QUOTE="RurouniSaiyajin"][QUOTE="DementedDragon"]

I hope the others know how to make a game console, otherwise this could be the last playstation. :(

Cheers to Kutaragi, and the joy of gaming he brought into this community.

Dreams-Visions

He's still the Senior Technology Advisor...

Advisor = no power to influence.  We could all be advisors :) 

Yes because they would choose any run of the mill person to advise them on technology because we all know a company would pay a person for advice they didn't plan on listening to >.> Money well spent.

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#65 darklord888
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Wow this is a bad sign.
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#66 Tylendal
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[QUOTE="cooler890"]its about time Sony got rid of that idiotdhjohns

The creator of the PS is an idiot? Not quite sure this is accurate. 

The man was a genius.  The problem is simply that he wasn't concerned with things like cost and efficiancy.  The PS3 is amazing, but it's not very good for the market it's in.

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#67 mmogoon
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lol ken
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#68 wklzip
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Lmfao hes running from Sony before they realize they are doomed and want to kill Krazy ken for all his mistakes.Hir0_N

Poor of him. 

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#69 Weslii
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I feel saddened.He did give us the ps1 and ps2 don't forget. Sure he was a wacky guy and a little too ambitious with the PSP and PS3 designs but I have feeling that they both will be looked upon as successes. The PSP is getting their foot in the door with handheld gaming and the ps3 is going to fairly well imo over the next 8 years. He helped make SW a fun place with his quotes. 

*Sigh*ah-nar-ah Krazy Ken.

 

 

 

 

 

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Kind of sad...

He looks so proud in that picture. :(

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#70 HeedleGlavin
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[QUOTE="cooler890"]its about time Sony got rid of that idiotShinobi7777

 The idiot who invented the Playstation and sold 280 million between PS1, PS2 and PSP thx to him. 

Try roughly 230 million. :)
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#71 watchcity
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Say what you want fanboys, but this man sold more systems than anyone else out there and grew the videogames industry by MILLIONS of consumers.  He is a legend.
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#72 HeedleGlavin
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[QUOTE="dhjohns"]

[QUOTE="cooler890"]its about time Sony got rid of that idiotTylendal

The creator of the PS is an idiot? Not quite sure this is accurate. 

The man was a genius.  The problem is simply that he wasn't concerned with things like cost and efficiancy.  The PS3 is amazing, but it's not very good for the market it's in.

Ya know... I keep seeing people post this - but, he didn't have any problems with the PSone and PS2, in terms of making it affordable. What's his excuse for the PS3?
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#73 BrutonNYC
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Phil Harrison will keep PS3 alive. I really like Phil and he knows what he is doing.
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#74 HeedleGlavin
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Say what you want fanboys, but this man sold more systems than anyone else out there and grew the videogames industry by MILLIONS of consumers.  He is a legend.watchcity
Are you counting the PSP? Because if you're counting handhelds, than that isn't even close to being an accurate statement.
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#75 Eltroz
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K. Kutaragi is gone now. Layoffs in Europe, japan, and USA. Wal-Mart pushing HD-DVD. Seems PS3 is falling faster then a house of cards on a windy day.
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#76 darklord888
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[QUOTE="dhjohns"]

[QUOTE="cooler890"]its about time Sony got rid of that idiotTylendal

The creator of the PS is an idiot? Not quite sure this is accurate. 

The man was a genius.  The problem is simply that he wasn't concerned with things like cost and efficiancy.  The PS3 is amazing, but it's not very good for the market it's in.



He was smart at the start but got cocky and his ego destroyed him...like the emperor in Star wars.
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#77 wklzip
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Say what you want fanboys, but this man sold more systems than anyone else out there and grew the videogames industry by MILLIONS of consumers. He is a legend.watchcity

agreed, and he also was a good liar.

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#78 spidey008
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This is the best thing that could have happened for Sony.  Kutaragi was an idiot.
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#79 DementedDragon
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Ya know... I keep seeing people post this - but, he didn't have any problems with the PSone and PS2, in terms of making it affordable. What's his excuse for the PS3?HeedleGlavin

Other Sony execs. breathing down his neck.

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#80 deactivated-5f26ef21d6f71
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He did made videogames more mainstream than it was 12 years ago. Without PS, games would still cater to a small demographic and console games would not have evolve tremendously and significantly.

And with PS3 sales dwindling significantly, it's probably time for him to commit sepuku :lol:

 

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#81 yoshi-lnex
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and Sony continues it's fall from the dominant company in this industry...
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#82 HeedleGlavin
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[QUOTE="HeedleGlavin"] Ya know... I keep seeing people post this - but, he didn't have any problems with the PSone and PS2, in terms of making it affordable. What's his excuse for the PS3?DementedDragon

Other Sony execs. breathing down his neck.

So why do people keep saying that "Kuturagi was an engineer who didn't think about efficiency and affordability"? :| That dosen't make any sense.
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#83 Wasdie  Moderator
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YAY!!!! Finally some good people can start running the PS3. We are going to see some changes now.
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#84 Tylendal
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[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="dhjohns"]

[QUOTE="cooler890"]its about time Sony got rid of that idiotHeedleGlavin

The creator of the PS is an idiot? Not quite sure this is accurate. 

The man was a genius.  The problem is simply that he wasn't concerned with things like cost and efficiancy.  The PS3 is amazing, but it's not very good for the market it's in.

Ya know... I keep seeing people post this - but, he didn't have any problems with the PSone and PS2, in terms of making it affordable. What's his excuse for the PS3?

The fact remains, that no-one can say that the PS3 isn't amazing.  It might not be the greatest gaming console, but as a... something... it's really amazing.  It's a bad gaming console, but still a really nifty piece of electronics.

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#85 HeedleGlavin
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[QUOTE="HeedleGlavin"][QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="dhjohns"]

[QUOTE="cooler890"]its about time Sony got rid of that idiotTylendal

The creator of the PS is an idiot? Not quite sure this is accurate. 

The man was a genius.  The problem is simply that he wasn't concerned with things like cost and efficiancy.  The PS3 is amazing, but it's not very good for the market it's in.

Ya know... I keep seeing people post this - but, he didn't have any problems with the PSone and PS2, in terms of making it affordable. What's his excuse for the PS3?

The fact remains, that no-one can say that the PS3 isn't amazing.  It might not be the greatest gaming console, but as a... something... it's really amazing.  It's a bad gaming console, but still a really nifty piece of electronics.

Agreed. So, we'll just agree that Kuturagi was pressured by Sony execs to push Blu-ray into the PS3.
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#86 Orlandun
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Im seeing some people Rag on Ken a little harshly. Although lately he hasn't made the best of decisions he has created some awesome consoles in the past and the PS3 in no exception imo. However I have heard about some things that if I remember correctly mentioned Ken being one of the reasons the PS3 was losing exclusives. Something about him simply being lazy and not trying nearly as hard as he should or could be doing to snatch them up, even for timed ones. However I really have no sources and i jsut remember reading about it not to long ago (about a month?)

 

Still sad to se him go but honestly it isn't necesarily bad for all we know whoever is taking his place will be better at the job.

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#87 killaj2786
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Thank god....it's a miracle...cows should be celebrating this!!!!

 

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#88 Sir_Marwin
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This was unexpected O_O...

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#89 shadowcat2576
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[QUOTE="RurouniSaiyajin"

Yes because they would choose any run of the mill person to advise them on technology because we all know a company would pay a person for advice they didn't plan on listening to >.> Money well spent.

Not saying it was the case here, but I have personally witnessed a problem employee becoming an advisor to keep them out of the way. We had an employee that was a real nightmare, they couldn't supervise, couldn't get along with anyone, didn't complete tasks, but the higher ups felt firing was too risky (lawsuits) so they created and advisor position. That was exactly all the person could do was advise, we were under no obligation to follow the recommendations. The hope was that they would get bored having no power and leave.

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#90 Carmilla31
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Crazy Ken resigning = damage control by him. He jumped ship before the PS3 gets totally run into the ground and all the blame went to him.
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#91 sinseers
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that cinches it. no ps4.latinrage69

 Hey....I got braggin rights on that statement buddy.  I called it nearly a year ago...

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#92 SolidSnake2020
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its about time Sony got rid of that idiotcooler890

WOW, for what for creating the PLAYSTATION, you do know he is the one behind the console right.

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#93 tratyu92
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[QUOTE="latinrage69"]that cinches it. no ps4.sinseers

 Hey....I got braggin rights on that statement buddy.  I called it nearly a year ago...

Hell no!I said that first.
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Crazy Ken resigning = damage control by him. He jumped ship before the PS3 gets totally run into the ground and all the blame went to him. Carmilla31

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#95 BrutonNYC
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Ok so according to Lemming's logic, I guess when bill gates retires it must mean Microsoft is doomed?!  Man, im just still wondering how companies such as GE, Ford, GM are still alive I mean afterall, the founders of those companies are no longer with us :roll:  gotta love fanboy ignorance
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#96 Uptown
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This is good news for Sony. Ken has been a thorn in the foot lately anyways
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#97 killaj2786
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Ok so according to Lemming's logic, I guess when bill gates retires it must mean Microsoft is doomed?! Man, im just still wondering how companies such as GE, Ford, GM are still alive I mean afterall, the founders of those companies are no longer with us :roll: gotta love fanboy ignoranceBrutonNYC

well yess.....because we all know that J. Allard would proably run MS down to the ground.( I'm serious) 

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#98 Eltroz
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Ok so according to Lemming's logic, I guess when bill gates retires it must mean Microsoft is doomed?!  Man, im just still wondering how companies such as GE, Ford, GM are still alive I mean afterall, the founders of those companies are no longer with us :roll:  gotta love fanboy ignoranceBrutonNYC
Bill Gates was not leaving a failing company more like retiring from a company with over 5 times the market value of Sony. Crazy ken is leaving the gaming part of Sony that is in a huge lose as far as money goes.
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#99 fierro316
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lol, so many hurt fanboys because of Sony's past dominance.

Goodbye Ken you are a legend.

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