In a shock move, the PlayStation godfather, Ken Kutaragi, has been eased out of his position as president of Sony Computer Entertainment and will be replaced by Kaz Hirai, the head of SCEI's US division.
Kutaragi loses day-to-to control of the division responsible for the PlayStation lineup, instead becoming chairman and group CEO. The move is likely to be seen as connected to the PS3 launch delays and poor PSP sales.
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Sony has admitted it has yet to begin manufacturing its PlayStation 3 console, less than three months before the machine is due to go on sale.
The revelation raises the prospect that supply is going to be tight in the early days.
Sony Computer Entertainment America president Kaz Hirai said: "We haven't started manufacturing yet." The company is currently "preparing... to get manufacturing going", he added.
Hirai said Sony had yet to decide how many units will be allocated to the three territories the PS3 will launch in next November,...
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So According to alot of sites, back in July Asustek had started to produce and ship PS3 units to Sony so that they would have enough units come time to sell them to clients in November...
But apparently this was a bit premature... According to Kaz Hirai the PS3 hasn't entered the manufacturing phase to date.
Q: So is the PS3 already being manufactured?
A: We haven't started manufacturing yet. Some of our ops guys were actually just in China, and also in Japan just reviewing the production lines and everything else. But they are, again,...
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The cynic inside of me didn't want to believe the hype....
