Revolver Ocelot
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Babelfished from Gamefront
Howard Stringer, new head of SCEI
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And the same from the Gamefront's source (Bloomberg):
Sony's CEO Stringer Also Named Head of Video Games Business
March 31, 2005 03:25 EST -- Howard Stringer, who was named chief executive of Sony Corp. this month, will also oversee the company's video games division, the world's second-biggest consumer electronics maker said in a faxed statement today.
Sony's CEO Stringer Also Named Head of Video Games Business
March 31, 2005 03:25 EST -- Howard Stringer, who was named chief executive of Sony Corp. this month, will also oversee the company's video games division, the world's second-biggest consumer electronics maker said in a faxed statement today.
Grizzlyjin
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PS3 released in America first. Make it happen, Stringer. :lol
Izzy said:
It's posted on the bloomberg site as referenced above, definitely no April Fools joke. Unless the faxed statement was faked... which kinda seems like a strange way to announce this...
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conews&tkr=SNE:US
Grizzlyjin
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Izzy said:
He knows his true home. Let him decide where his ties lie with the PS3 release.
MightyHedgehog
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Well, can't they just have a special designation for KK within SCEI? Something under Stringer? Really, though...if KK leaves, his work is already pretty much accomplished, as far as Cell technologies (and PS3) are concerned.
Funky Papa
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Man, this is big. I can only wonder why :?
ThongyDonk
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PSP and CELL cripple Sony. Stringer takes over to cut costs
Doom_Bringer
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Elios83 said:
:lol
Doom_Bringer
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pilonv1 said:
:lol
MightyHedgehog
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:lol OMG
ThongyDonk
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Yamuchi (sp) is Stringers Pimp.
Sending in the Whore to wipe out the enemy!
Sending in the Whore to wipe out the enemy!
Chittagong
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Doom_Bringer
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Chittagong said:
that's the best one yet. good job! :lol
Lord Error
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Despite him saying he wouldn't do it, the sudden-ness of this announcement does reek of Kutaragi leaving. Or it could just mean that KK would still run SCEI but would be reporting to the big boss who will be overseeing all of Sony. Perhaps they are just saying that SCEI will not be it's own separate entity, like it hasn't been for quite some time actually.
monchi-kun
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...keep an eye out on MS' booth this E3...especially if you see Kutaragi there
Doom_Bringer
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Deepthroat said:
IAWTP, maybe he spent too much money on R&D
Not to do any type of DC but I'm reading the PR at the Sony site(thanks for the link cja) and I'm wondering... is this really just more of the title reorg? According to the site they've dropped all COO's position and hence some of these new titles are coming in to existence... is Ken really getting knocked down or is this just Howard putting himself directly in line with Ken... i.e Ken reports directly to Howard?
I'm not familiar with how the org structure looks....
I'm not familiar with how the org structure looks....
Lord Error
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Consider that Kutaragi's title was not "Officer in Charge" of SCEI after he got bumped off the board, but rather something like "Group Manager", I'm not sure. That's why I'm saying this may not mean Stringer is replacing him, but rather being his boss basically. It does sound awfully suspicious though.
Hehe, if that holds true, my interest in next gen will be at an all time low. If even they start lowballing technology (as MS and Nin are already doing), it'd be a pretty big disappointment to me.