SAN JOSE, Calif. The chief architect of Sony Corp.'s flagship PlayStation game console will retire in June as the company struggles to retain dominance in the video game industry and revive its flagging reputation as an electronics and entertainment pioneer.
Ken Kutaragi, 56, an icon among gamers, will step down as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s chairman and group chief executive. He will be replaced by Kazuo Hirai, now president and chief operating officer of the division.
Salman from Tech4Gamers writes "Mortal Kombat 9 revived the series from a low point after bringing it back to 2D combat. It marked a new high-point for the franchise due to its incredible roster, exciting cinematic story mode, and high-octane combat."
Shaolin Monks is a forgotten gem. I would love to see a new one, or a remake of the old.
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
Taking a trip back to Housemarque's forgotten platformer.
i agree that there isnt huge numbers of girl gamers going for sony consoles, never thought of that befor but noen of my female friends like playing playstation
but hey the pink ps2 is a start i guess
haha xbox 360 is winning the war hahahahaha
nah sony struggles to retain dominance in the video game industry
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Too many mistakes(delay, price, underestimating the competition, ignoring the developers).
The Ps3 should have been released at the same time as the xbox 360, with no blu-ray and the same price.
Ken caused these costly mistakes but Sony will still prevail. Afterall, we're only into month 7 of a 10 year projected life cycle and we still haven't had the proven hit franchises or new ones, and an ever improving net service.
The same mistakes won't be made with the Ps4, so this is Micro$oft's last chance to win the next gen console war.
You know 360 is NOT ever going to be a dominant console, lets face it. The Wii? Well yeah I love Nintendo too, and graphics certainly are not everything, (though I must say, the Wii gfx are SH!TE) but Sony has positioned the ps3 to be a multi purpose machine. Especially if Blu-ray vs HD-DVD continues as it is (with HD_DVD losing) they are set well for a long successful future. Yes it's expensive right now. Yes, 360 has tons more games right now. But it's only been 7 months and it's moving FAST.
Plus, Microsoft just plain sucks a$$ for consoles.
Bring on the fight.
I also dont agree that Sony haven't expanded the market. Sony is the reason videogames outperforms Hollywood. Sony is the reason M$ said "Oooooo I wouldn't mind a piece of that pie."
They took this industry that at one time was thought to be only for kids and dragged it into the mainstream. Its so easy for everyone to just turn on them so quickly after 12 years of dominating, delivering and performing just because they've released an expensive console but I just think credit where credit is due.
BTW lots of girls I know love the eyetoy, buzz, singstar and guitar heroes games, not traditional computer games. Apparently Singstar is also very popular in Europe so expect that to do big things when its released.