Father of Sony Playstation Steps Down

Raver32 wrote with a link to a CNN article about the end of Ken Kutaragi's time at Sony. His departure was announced back in April, and now leaves Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) headed by Kazuo Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment's (SCE) former president and COO. "Though no longer a board member, Kutaragi will hold an advisory post at the gaming unit, according to SCE official Sayoka Henmi. The departure of Kutaragi, an icon among gamers, marks the end of an era at Sony Corp. that saw the company long dominate the video game industry with its flagship PlayStation consoles. But it also highlights troubles at Sony amid a series of blunders over the rollout of its PlayStation 3 and intense competition from Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii console and Microsoft's Xbox 360."

Comments

Icon?

[Anonymous Coward]

The departure of Kutaragi, an icon among gamers

Well, maybe in the same way that the ugly AOL triangle that you have to delete off any new PC is an icon...

Father of the playstation?

[niceone]

So the first two kids turn out fine, there's problems with the delivery of the third and he's leaving!? Does that make him the Delinquent Dad of the PS?

shame and dishonor

[Anonymous Coward]

Ken has obviously brought much shame and dishonor to his family with the release of the play station three.

Clearly, an honorable suicide is the only way to remedy this situation.

Re:shame and dishonor

[Applekid]

Clearly, an honorable suicide is the only way to remedy this situation.

I snickered when I read parent and the bottom of the slashdot page had the following quote:

Practice yourself what you preach. -- Titus Maccius Plautus