Tag: Howard Stringer

PS3 Development: Kutaragi's Big Secret

Tags: Sony + PS3 + Ken Kutaragi + Howard Stringer

Motu
Posted by Motu 2 years 8 months ago; via gwn.com/news/story.php/id...

According to a revealing new interview over at the Wall Street Journal, Ken Kutaragi was a "stumbling block" to Sony's CEO Howard Stringer. The article describes Kutaragi as a "renegade" who was "notorious within the company for his reluctance to communicate with his bosses or other units."

"In developing the PlayStation 3 console, the device's latest iteration, Mr. Kutaragi went over budget on development costs without informing Mr. Stringer, according to a person familiar with the situation. When Mr. Stringer urged Mr. Kutaragi to have...

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Will Sony's Pricey PS3 Pay Off?

Tags: Sony + PS3 + Howard Stringer

david
Posted by david 3 years 4 months ago; via businessweek.com/globalbi...

The Japanese giant hopes to duplicate the success of the earlier versions. But critics contend that the $600 price tag could cost Sony big.

Bring up the PlayStation 3 with Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer, and you're likely to see the genial Welshman's face get even redder than its usual scarlet hue.

Ever since Sony announced the $600 price tag for its next-generation video-game console in May, Stringer and his team have been busy deflecting criticism from analysts and hard-core gamers that the PS3, despite glitzy features such as a...

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