"In March, The Wall Street Journal said Ken Kutaragi was a "stumbling block" for Sony; now they're reporting that the controversial chairman and group CEO for Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. -- and father of the PlayStation brand -- will be retiring his post effective June 19. Of course, the 57-year-old exec was recently kicked upstairs, removing him from day-to-day operations following what many considered to be a botched strategy for the PlayStation 3. Kaz Hirai, who replaced Ken in December, will be promoted to CEO of SCE."
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It looks like Sony is not going to let one man ruin their entire game division. I am surprised that this action was taken so soon because the PS3 has only been on the market for 6 months. The damage is done it seems and the Wii may already have too much hype, word of mouth and pure momentum for Sony to catch up. The tide has turned.
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Wow this is huge news. I wonder who will replace him. Also- AMAZING picture for the article. I laughed out loud when I saw it.
Isn't that a great pic? LOL, the guys at NeoGaf are pros at this kind of stuff. I got the picture from them when the NPD sales were posted for Feburary with the Wii selling over 300,000 for the month. Insert new score and Sony President and presto!
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