[PS3 topic #49] Viva la Resistance.

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Op vrijdag 1 december 2006 10:12 schreef speknek het volgende:
Launch lineups zuigen standaard. Behalve de NES met Super Mario Bros / Donkey Kong en de Wii met Zelda, maar dat is een port van de vorige generatie.

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PS3 As Final Sony Console
Analysts go on crazed pre-Xmas prediction spree. Is Sony the new Sega?

SPOnG told you yesterday about the reshuffle of Sony Computer Entertainment’s management team, with Kaz Hirai taking over the position of SCE president Ken Kutaragi, who in turn has been promoted to SCE chairman.

Unsurprisingly a number of analysts have seen the re-shuffle as a snub, or vote of no confidence in Ken ‘father of PlayStation’ Kuturagi, following the ongoing problems in bringing the PlayStation 3 to market.

Nomura Securities' Yuta Sakurai, told The Financial Times that, "The appointment of Hirai could be the start of a shift from hardware to software…I cannot now imagine a PlayStation 4."

He added, "Hirai’s new global portfolio puts a predominantly software-focused manager in charge of the company."

Which begs the question, could Sony go the way of Sega?

SCEA publicity chief Dave Karraker responded to these rather outlandish claims, saying, "Following the launch of the PlayStation 3 just a few weeks ago, and witnessing the huge consumer demand for the product, I think it would be rather short-sighted for anyone to predict there might not be a next generation of PlayStation product.”

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Sony games division reorganizes leadership
Management changes follow problems that delayed launch of new console and delayed shipment targets
By Troy Wolverton
MEDIANEWS STAFF

SAN JOSE - Plagued by problems with the launch of its new PlayStation 3 console, Sony is shaking up the management of its games division.

The company announced this week that it is promoting Kaz Hirai, formerly the president and CEO of its North American PlayStation business, to president and chief operating officer of its entire games division. Hirai will take over the day-to-day operations of Sony's games business from Ken Kutaragi.

Kutaragi, a legendary figure within the games industry as the father of the original PlayStation, will oversee the longer-term, strategic development of the company's global games operations as chairman and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment.

"Clearly, this is a smack in the face for Kutaragi. In essence, he's been demoted to CEO, which in this case is largely a face-saving title for him," said Van Baker, an analyst with the research group Gartner in San Jose. "Kaz is an operations guy. ... This is a recognition of the fact that operations is their problem area right now."

Hirai's promotion wasn't the only change. Sony tapped Jack Tretton, formerly co-COO of its North American games operations, to replace Hirai as president and CEO of the division. Additionally, the company named Akira Sato, a company director, as vice chairman of SCEI; and David Reeves, CEO of the company's European PlayStation group, as deputy president of SCEI.

The management changes follow production problems that delayed the launch of Sony's new console and forced the company to slash shipment targets. Sony originally said it would debut the console this past spring, but it pushed back the launch to early last month in Japan and North America and until next spring in Europe. Meanwhile, the company has shipped a fraction of the consoles it originally planned to send to store shelves, making the device nearly impossible to find in most places.

Those problems would be bad enough by themselves. But after dominating the video game business for 10 years, the company now faces vigorous competition from Microsoft and Nintendo, both of which are expected to take market share from Sony this time around.

Microsoft has had its Xbox 360 on store shelves for more than a year and already has a lead of several million customers. Meanwhile Nintendo's Wii, which shipped about the same time as the PlayStation 3, has won rave reviews and is thus far outselling the PlayStation 3.

Dave Karraker, spokesman for Sony's North American PlayStation division, denied that the management shake-up was in response to the PlayStation 3's production problems. He noted that the company faced similar problems initially with the original PlayStation and with the PlayStation 2.

"Any new system -- not just ours -- has similar issues," Karraker said. "It's just magnified because it's here and now."

Sony's problems with the PlayStation 3 have been overstated, said Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities in Los Angeles. The company is still on track to top Microsoft and Nintendo, he said. And the management moves shouldn't be seen as punishment for Kutaragi. Instead, Kutaragi's being moved into a position to do what he does best -- be a visionary, he said.

But Kutaragi's job change is the second one in fewer than two years. In March 2005, he lost his seat on Sony's board of directors and was replaced as head of the company's semiconductor division.

While glitches are to be expected with any new gadget, Sony's margin for error is much narrower now because of the competition from Microsoft and Nintendo, said Baker. Because of the production problems, Sony has basically given Microsoft a two-holiday-season lead on the PlayStation 3, he noted.

"That's going to be a hard hole to dig out of," he said. "Hopefully, Kaz can do something to get them going in the right direction."

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Op vrijdag 1 december 2006 15:16 schreef kepler het volgende:

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tol geeist?

Beide hebben een promotie gekregen

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Op vrijdag 1 december 2006 21:17 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
Ja dat ziet er idd erg goed, deze screens leunen al zwaar tegen de pre-rendred filmpje van de E3 2005. En welke gladiolen bleven maar volhouden dat dit niet haalbaar is, eat that suckers!