Sony Shuffles Game Management

By the Betanews Staff | Published November 30, 2006, 2:05 PM

With the PlayStation 3 finally out the door, Sony is shuffling around executives in its video game unit. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi, the so-called "father of the PlayStation" will also become chairman of the company.

Kazuo Hirai, head of SCE's U.S. operations, will move back to Tokyo and become the company's President while also filling a vacant COO position that was previously handled by Kutaragi. Despite appearances that PS3 delays and a lackluster launch brought about the changes, SCE says Kutaragi will continue to oversee daily operations. Jack Tretton, who helped launch the original PlayStation, will take over from Hirai as CEO of SCE America.

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Everything seems peachy in Sony Land =p

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Given that we're talking about promotions... yeah.

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read between the lines.. Thats not exactly a promotion

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There's no between-line reading required.

Hirai and Tretton were promoted, while Kutaragi is still firmly in charge of all things PlayStation.

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Ok i guess I have to show you what means to read between the lines..

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/...-9096-0000779e2340.html

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guess they got no one else to put there.
most other guys has done something to angry the consumers, so they have to pull some old guys out in the front

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What job does Mark Gillespie get?

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lmao

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hahaha

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...fan club president.

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fluffer

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I already work for them apparently...

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Exactly what he was saying. Did you get promoted?

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