Our dear friend Ken K. from Sony go bye bye!

ENU291 · 04-26-07, 04:06 PM

We'll miss ya bro!

Butter Bandit · 04-26-07, 04:13 PM

"Ken, you're fired."

"....RIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAAAAACCEEERRRRRRRR!!!"

Lyme · 04-26-07, 04:24 PM

For those interested in a little more substance: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/070426e.pdf

Quote:

TOKYO, JAPAN, April 26, 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and
Sony Corporation (Sony) have jointly announced today that Ken Kutaragi,
Representative Director, Chairman and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.,
will retire from his executive position at SCEI effective June 19, 2007, when SCEI’s
annual shareholders’ meeting will take place. Mr. Kutaragi will pass on the torch to
the next generation, stepping back from his executive management responsibility of the
company to serve as Honorary Chairman of SCEI.

ouch.

|MaguS| · 04-26-07, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter Bandit

"Ken, you're fired."

"....RIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAAAAACCEEERRRRRRRR!!!"

Hariri is the one who said that...

Butter Bandit · 04-26-07, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by |MaguS|

Hariri is the one who said that...

Rofl, you are correct sir
I hate it when I'm wrong

SebC · 04-26-07, 05:39 PM

Wasn't he the one who was somehow responsible for many PR disasters?

|MaguS| · 04-26-07, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SebC

Wasn't he the one who was somehow responsible for many PR disasters?

Yup, but he's also the man who designed and pushed Sony into the console market... without him much of the console industry wouldn't be where it is now.

Sabadin · 04-26-07, 06:45 PM

Quote:

TOKYO, JAPAN, April 26, 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and
Sony Corporation (Sony) have jointly announced today that Ken Kutaragi,
Representative Director, Chairman and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.,
will retire from his executive position at SCEI effective June 19, 2007, when SCEI’s
annual shareholders’ meeting will take place. Mr. Kutaragi will pass on the torch to
the next generation, stepping back from his executive management responsibility of the
company to serve as Honorary Chairman of SCEI

Does that mean now the Sony execs are Real Next Gen?

**ViN86** · 04-26-07, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabadin

Does that mean now the Sony execs are Real Next Gen?

yep. the current Sony execs are indeed Next Gen. therefore the new execs will be Real Next Gen.

good call lol.

kevJ420 · 04-26-07, 08:06 PM

He was a great guy. I'll really miss him. It's hard to believe that he's retiring after all these years. He made the most impressive console ever, and brought Sony into the console world.

No one could ever make a console more impressive than his 1st born console. I remember in 1995 how ****ty the Super NES and Genesis versions of MK3 were and how arcade-perfect the PS1 version was. That was one of the best arcade ports ever along with Tekken. Battle Arena Toshinden was among the most impressive launch titles ever.

One final thing he shall always be remembered for is all of the best Super NES tunes.

Nintendo is going to be up against an almost completely differently managed Sony.

Lyme · 04-26-07, 10:58 PM

kevpla1 I hate to break this to you, he didn't retire. Sony gave Ken what in Japan what traditionally is considered a job looking after nothing. In Japan laying people off is a foreign business technique, this method lets the employee's spend the rest of their work years with honor but unable to do damage to the company. In other words Sony considers Ken to have screwed up big time, but will treat his final years with honor. Whether or not that is actually the case, time will tell.

|MaguS| · 04-26-07, 11:43 PM

Actually Sony took the American way... they "retired" his ass. He is no longer working for Sony. He has an "Honorary" Chairman postion.

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Lyme Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,332	Re: Our dear friend Ken K. from Sony go bye bye! kevpla1 I hate to break this to you, he didn't retire. Sony gave Ken what in Japan what traditionally is considered a job looking after nothing. In Japan laying people off is a foreign business technique, this method lets the employee's spend the rest of their work years with honor but unable to do damage to the company. In other words Sony considers Ken to have screwed up big time, but will treat his final years with honor. Whether or not that is actually the case, time will tell.

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