Getting Sir Howard Stringer to sit down for a conversation is no easy feat. Since becoming chairman and CEO of Sony (SNE ) in 2005, Stringer has been circling the globe nonstop in the most challenging phase of his executive career. As he has worked to reorganize and reenergize Sony, Stringer, 65, has had to cope with two big crises-the recall of Sony batteries used in millions of laptops and delays in the launch of PlayStation 3. Despite these stumbles, the first Westerner to head the iconic Japanese corporation has driven Sony's net profit and stock price substantially higher during his tenure. Stringer spoke at length with BusinessWeek Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler on a range of topics, from being knighted by Queen Elizabeth to the future of the evening news and whether it makes sense to break Sony apart.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.
Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.
This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality
..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....
...Really???
PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.
Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.
He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
Howard Stringer I think is doing a lot of good for Sony, and when the Playstation 4 or whatever it's called comes out he will never let the things that happened with the PS3 happen again...
Howard won't be around when Ps4 hits, I'll bet ya anything. Also, who's going to make the Ps4? Ken's gone, Jack. Kaz isn't a hardware guy. Neither is Phil Harrison... they're both software guys. Phil actually has the benefit of making games for years, though. Kaz, does not. Ps4 won't be a system. It'll be an upgrade to the ps3 with a better Gfx card and more v-ram. Simple as that.
Well, maybe not even that. As Evan Wells was saying in his latest interview... "With a proficient Hard drive and Blu-ray it's possible to yield so much as 256 mb of v-ram a stream. This will only get better as we're already seeing with ID-softwares new technology and ours, to a lesser degree, here at Naughtydog. So, I feel, Blu-ray is definitely needed for the future of gaming as a whole"
I think Sony did everything right with the ps3.The Hardware is absolutely stunning. But the media inferno that occured during launch time was absolutely unbelieveable. I bet you someone paid off every focking mouth in the industry, and in the US the sheep ate the carrot whole. No matter tho, because as the price comes down and the games keep rolling out ps3 will shine like no other.
Mark my words, only ps3 stands the tooth of time
And in that time I believe it will do even better than the ps2 did.
So he works for Sony now? I'm pretty sure I've seen his face in Viagra commercials...
I thought HD DVD was dead and next gen gaming starts when we say it does...
I thought multiple SKUs would only confuse the public...
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Notice how the writer mentions 'crises' due to their laptop batteries and the launch of the PS3? Ouch.
But this was obviously written by an MS fan.