Ken Kutaragi is leaving Sony after flopping flat on his face with the PS3:
The architect of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, will step down on June 19, at a time when the Japanese company is fighting to reassert its lead in the video game market.
ADVERTISEMENTKnown as the “Father of PlayStation,” Kutaragi, 56, took a lead role in the invention of the Sony game console in 1994 and the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Known as a company black sheep, he bucked consensus to turn video games into a cash cow, but lately has seen his status diminish.
Sony has sold more than 200 million units of these consoles globally, though the PlayStation 3 has made a weaker-than-expected showing against Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s Wii console since its launch last year in the $30 billion video game market.
Distant third sounds more accurate. Truth is at the holidays, people were still buying XBox 360′s and you couldn’t get a Wii anywhere because people were buying them to give them as gifts or to play / own them. The PS3 seemed to be more of a scalper’s investment than anything else. As of right now, you still cannot go into a store and buy a Wii. The XBox 360 is still the best console on the market. The PS3? Well, look around you. Do you know anyone that owns one?
I don’t.
And I know lots of people who have Wiis and 360s.
Ken had a good run. The PS and PS2 were revolutionary. The PS3 tried to be too many things to too many people, just like his other flop… The PSP…
via Yahoo News
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