Sony President Lives in Fantasy Land
by Dan Landis on January 26, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Great news, Sony fans. According to Kaz Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America*, Sony is officially leading the console market with the PS3, disregarding silly things like sales numbers and market share.
So how exactly is Sony “officially” leading? In an interview found in the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine, Kaz Hirai made the following statement:
“This is not meant in terms of numbers, or who’s got the biggest install base, or who’s selling most in any particular week or month, but I’d like to think that we continue official leadership in this industry.”
Okay… barring all of that, how do you discount the massive success of the Wii?
“It’s difficult to talk about Nintendo, because we don’t look at their console as being a competitor. They’re a different world, and we operate in our world – that’s the kind of way I look at things.”
And what about Microsoft? Are they not a competitor either?
“With the Xbox – again, I can’t come up with one word to fit. You need a word that describes something that lacks longevity.”
What? So basically, Kaz Hirai feels that Sony is leading the gaming industry because the consoles that are beating it don’t count. I suppose he’s right if you follow that logic (which fanboys always do), but I still think he’s a bit delusional. I guess we can’t expect the fanboys (not regular “fans”, you guys are alright) to live in the real world if the PlayStation boss doesn’t, so I blame Kaz for all this Internet hate and douchebaggery.
Oh, guess what else? I am the father of Jessica Alba’s baby. That paternity test saying I’m not? Doesn’t count. We totally had lots of sex and stuff.
*UPDATE: His official title (according to playstation.com) is President and Group Chief Operating Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment. My B, but even kotaku finds these titles confusing.
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64 Comments » |
on January 26, 2009 1:15 pm
And yet idiots like you misinterpret what he just said.
FAIL.
on January 26, 2009 1:18 pm
Ah, just seen who wrote the article. It’s Dan the prick that wrote the last drivel about Sony/KZ2.
Someone should cut your hands off so you stop writing this shit..
on January 26, 2009 1:22 pm
lol nice pic haha
on January 26, 2009 1:22 pm
Totally misinterpreted what he’s saying. Another excellent article from Ripten!
The Wii is in a different league, multiplat games like COD do terrible on Wii, yet Big Brain Academy is always sold out. Thats not the same market as the 360 and PS3. He also didnt mention the 360 being a competitor or not, he mentioned that it wont last. Faulty consoles, still using DVD etc. That’s what he means.
on January 26, 2009 1:27 pm
What a complete fail, can you not use some comment sense and read between the lines. Like the above user said, you completely misinterpreted what he said. The only fanboy here is you.
on January 26, 2009 1:30 pm
What’s the purpose of this article again? A rant?
on January 26, 2009 1:40 pm
When Microsoft PR’s say something stupid, it’s never singled out. But when Sony says something, it’s plastered all over the fucking internet like a smear campaign.
COME OFF THIS SHIT.
on January 26, 2009 1:42 pm
I like the PS3
Hell I only have a PS3
but this guy just grinds my gears sometimes :P
on January 26, 2009 1:46 pm
If you ask me,, You are a fanboy!!
You seem to bash Sony fanboys, but not 360 fanboys! I guess it would be silly to bash yourself!
You are a tool. I think healthy competition is good for us gamers. Keeps the industry alive and of course interesting. Unfortunately journalism is another story. You are as stupid as your picture looks.
I guess this is the only way to get people to your site. It works…
on January 26, 2009 1:52 pm
According to RIPTEN.COM Kaz Hirai is the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
on January 26, 2009 1:57 pm
Another lame article from ripten. If it weren’t for N4G I’d never know you guys existed. Close browser now…
on January 26, 2009 2:11 pm
Funny thing, you said that you weren’t a fanboy during the Killzone 2 debacle, remember? But you couldn’t hide it for much longer could ya? Kaz said that his statement was not based on numbers, but innovation. Compare the number of features the PS3 had when it launched to now, tons of new features thanks to their firmware updates. M$ does not consider Nintendo as competitor also! And the fact that it does not have longevity, why? simple, RROD and by this year, we will all see the PS3 distance itself from the 360 by its amazing games, which? KZ2, GoW3, inFamous, Uncharted 2, GT5 (if it comes out this year) and those MMOS. So quit using any oportunity to bash Sony, and why don’t you start critizing the stupid things M$ pigs like Aaron Greenturd keeps saying all the time!
on January 26, 2009 2:12 pm
Great, another article that gets to the point. Are you surprised the heads of the companies say their product is better? Everyone except Nintendo (because the owners of the Wii don’t give a shit or know how to use a computer) continues to flaunt statistics and say their buzz words, but you pick on this guy. Compared to Aaron Greenberg, Kaz Hirai seems incredibly moderate. But, that’s just my opinion. So good work, you’re really adding a lot to the world with this article.
on January 26, 2009 2:15 pm
LOL@Ripten
FFFFFFFanbots who loves M$ and their crap
on January 26, 2009 2:17 pm
LOL, listen. For those of you who don’t count the Wii as a competitor, wow. That is fan-sissy-boy cowardice there. If I were Sony or X-Box, I would be pissed that the Wii of all things is dominating. I wouldn’t just go, “umm, not counting.” Seriously, if the Wii is in a different league it is in a far better one. A league that can count sales, figuers, you know…numbers? That league is the league that apperantly survives. The Sony league on the other hand, is a sad one that is still last place…in what EVER league you want it in. And btw…people who say “FAIL” all the time, it is very gay internet slang. Try to drop it.
on January 26, 2009 2:20 pm
ive started to notice a trend websites ive never heard of start slagging sony off to get publicity think about every time ive seen this crap on n4g has it linked me to eurogamer or ign or sum 1 at least respectable no stop pulling this shit its starting to get pefetic honestly
on January 26, 2009 2:21 pm
I think you mean “pathetic”. Oh, the irony…
on January 26, 2009 2:23 pm
Have everybody forgot that Playstation isnt just the Playstation 3!? There’s also something called the Ps2 and a little thing called the PsP…! So with the Ps3:s 19 million units, the Ps2:s 140 million (!) units and the PsP:s 40 million that sounds a lot more than Xbox:s 24 million and the 360:s 28 million… If you disregard the Ps2:s the Playstation BRAND still has more sales this generation than both Xbox generations!
on January 26, 2009 2:51 pm
Nice twisting what he said for flame bait and trolling.
He said the -PLAYSTATION- BRAND. That is PSP + PS2 + PS3. They have the biggest Market share. They are leading.
Go back to your hole worm. Gaming journalist my arse. Your just a fanboy with useless comments.
on January 26, 2009 3:04 pm
Okay, if that were true, then why did he specifically say “This is not meant in terms of numbers, or who’s got the biggest install base, or who’s selling most in any particular week or month”?
Riddle me that, Batman.
on January 26, 2009 3:06 pm
Look at the fanboys flame. I can’t understand why you guys get so defensive for this nut job when he spouts out corporate bullshit. Can any of you think for yourselves. It’s a stupid product. Kaz probably laughs his ass off when he reads these kinds of comments. I can see him sitting in his office now showing his assistant these posts, “Hey Bob, look at these losers. They are arguing over a stupid videogame system. I’m glad they have no lives otherwise we would be out of business.”
Oh, and by the way fanboys. Have fun waiting for your PS3 games while I play my 360 games.
on January 26, 2009 3:08 pm
Dan,
Judging by your one comment reply I see you do read them, however, you only drop a rebuttal to advise of grammatical or spelling errors?
Why can’t you address some of the intellectual comments posted after your blog, regardless of how critical they are?
This only further solidifies the idea of how much of a coward you are.
You critize “fanboys” in your article, while making your self seem like the biggest one of all! Now that’s “irony” at it’s best…
on January 26, 2009 3:13 pm
I didn’t see any intellectual comments that needed addressing.
on January 26, 2009 3:18 pm
Oh, but spelling and grammatical errors need addressing? Are you serious?
How do you expect your readership to take you seriously with comments like this?
Your credability is diminishing faster than George Bush, quit while you’re ahead, my friend.
on January 26, 2009 3:19 pm
This guy is crazy, we maybe talking apples and orange when we talk about PS3 Wii and 360. I own all 3 and ever new generation I get all 3. Ya boii is not a fan boy, but I have played thousands of games over the years. The PS3 is slipping as far as sales, but over the years it should pick up (It’s the cheapest blu-ray on the market) and when it does the Xbox maybe in trouble, but by then there maybe Xbox720. I love games no matter what system there on.
on January 26, 2009 3:23 pm
…except the one I already addressed. If he was talking about PlayStation as a brand, he could have used numbers to support him. He didn’t. Nintendo beats Sony in both handhelds and consoles, so he just says “they aren’t our competitors”.
He could use numbers, overall PlayStation numbers, to prove they are beating Microsoft, but he didn’t do that either. Again, this is if he is talking about the brand as a whole. But he didn’t use numbers because Sony’s focus right now is on PS3, and the 360 has more marketshare. That’s why he’s disregarding numbers.
on January 26, 2009 3:25 pm
Wii, well, Wii’s cheap and casual. In CE terms, Wii’s this portable CD player, while PS3 and 360 are mammoth home theater surround sound systems. You know Sony- they’re just interested in being the biggest and the baddest. While the Wii beats them in profit, Sony beats them in the actual quality of their product. And while the 360 is beating the PS3 in sales currently, Hirai thinks the 4 year 360 lifespan is an indication of how long MS planned for the 360 to be around. Considering Blu-ray’s growing more and more each year, and downloadable movies are being hindered by the internet infrastructure and bandwidth caps, Kaz’s uncertainty about the 360’s longevity starts to make a bit of sense, don’t you think?
on January 26, 2009 3:26 pm
Sorry, I meant “4 year Xbox lifespan.”
on January 26, 2009 3:28 pm
Slugworth…I’ll be waiting alright. At least I know they’ll be in great shape when they come out.
F*ck off.
on January 26, 2009 3:38 pm
It’s gotten to the point where I can tell which articles are written by Dan just by looking at the title in my RSS feed. Many of your articles are quite unnecessary, except of course to provoke PS3 fanboys. Now, I own a PS3, but I am far from a fangirl; I occasionally play the 360 at a friend’s place and I am planning on getting one myself, but I find these articles very unnecessary. Killzone 2 is overhyped? I anyone could have told you that. Same for many of the other recent games that have gotten high praises. Did it warrant a scathing article? No. This article talking mocking a CEO’s view of his star product is also useless. Who cares what he thinks, the numbers speak for themselves. If all you have to do is comment on things vaguely related to gaming, then I’d love to have your job. At least I could find more relevant things to write about.
on January 26, 2009 3:49 pm
Wow moo. I guess the waiting is really starting to get to you. Telling me to f*ck off wasn’t very nice. Now when you say they will be in great shape, do you mean Lair great shape, or Socom:Confrontation great shape which was unplayable at launch great shape.
While you’re “waiting” for GT5, I’m playing Forza 2. And, before you bring it up, I don’t care about how much better GT5 looks than Forza. A game doesn’t need the best graphics money can buy to be great game.
on January 26, 2009 3:57 pm
One: This story is over a week old (reported by many many websites).
Two: This proves your love/obsession/need to report on negative Sony news. It so fuels you that it brought you back into writing another article, nothing had inspired you until you’d found this little ditty that you could poor over. Nothing about video games themselves, nothing up-to-date – no, only the old, outdated quotes of a Sony chairman.
on January 26, 2009 4:02 pm
And have you read the Microsoft replies? Or this analyst on Edge about the same quotations? http://www.edge-online.com/news/analyst-ps3%E2%80%99s-10-year-plan-makes-sense
In about two days these quotations were poured over, replied to, counter-argued and argued for. There’s a whole story missing from this week-old, shallow POV.
on January 26, 2009 4:16 pm
What the hell happened to Ripten in the last months?
This site used to have some respectable articles and some unbiased views, not anymore I see…
There’s plenty to choose from thankfully.
on January 26, 2009 4:20 pm
“I didn’t see any intellectual comments that needed addressing.”
Well you started it off with an article that lacks intelligence. You can’t have your pie and eat it too Dan. I know your job is to generate hits, because you’re the only that creates flamebait like a typical fanboy, for this website. Well, I guess they must be happy with your “expertise” in fanboyism. Well, you’re doing a bang up job with that one.
P.S, maybe you should think before you state intellectual comments, since you’re devoid of any. Oh yea, before you respond with your usual cursed, acrimonious laced tirade, just to let you know, I won’t care to read. Have a good one popping a blood vessel.
on January 26, 2009 4:44 pm
I guess it’s true what they say, the losing team always yells the loudest.
P.S. lol at all the people in here yelling at Dan Landis. I bet half the yelling at him are members of N4G!
on January 26, 2009 4:46 pm
any one else wanna boycoot dis retard and your talking to me about spelling mistakes go and see a gaming docter you reject from ign
on January 26, 2009 4:55 pm
Typical of Dan Landis to make trash articles like this, it’s the ONLY way he has to get hits on his lousy page. Why don’t you make articles about the failure of the Jasper motherboard in fixing the RRoD? why don’t you make articles on how M$ is losing money thanks to the 360 because they invested a TON of it in insurances and faulty hardware replacements? mm? you don’t because no one gives a damn about the 360, they just consider in buy the console because it’s cheap and it doesn’t matter if it’s a pile of crap and people in microsoft is losing their jobs thanks to the 360.
on January 26, 2009 5:30 pm
Wii is not considered a competitor simply because the only reason it has sold is because it appeals to such a wide audience. Sony and MS have a different target audience.
Wii – kids and easy appeal for parents.
PS3 – Teens, entertainment freaks, gaming adults, japenese.
360 – Teens, gaming adults
the reason wii has more sales is cause it has a good first time impression on parents, and smaller kids get whatever they want.
The reason 360 has more sales is because it gets its target audience better with good shooters.
Let’s look toward what really counts FOR US with MS vs Sony – Online. PSN and Live have a similar number of users.
Face it, MS will not survive, now that their major series Halo has ended. Thats why their desperately trying to add on to the game. MS is going to die a slow painful death, but they will put up a lasting fight, unless they release a new console.
By the end of this year, Sony will have gone another $100 price cut, with improved features in the console. And it will be the best bang for the buck. Thats the difference between ps3 price cuts and xbox price cuts. PS3 gets better with the price cut. The xbox is just made cheaper.
MS soley relies on its pricey add-ons. I get sooooo freakin pissed off that they charge $100 for a retarded wifi adapter. Even a ds has that built in. Sony decided it wouldn’t go with retarded addons after the failure of the $15 ps2 memory card reader one time use.
on January 26, 2009 7:36 pm
Weird,
Sorry if I’m late to the party but I only just read the recent issue yesterday.
on January 26, 2009 7:36 pm
Wii – kids and easy appeal for parents.
PS3 – Teens, entertainment freaks, gaming adults, japenese.
360 – Foul mouth kids, Teens, adults that lives with their parents
Fixed
on January 26, 2009 9:12 pm
Well damn, here comes the sony fanboy whining redux.
HEY GUYZ, IF YOU LIKE PS3 YOU LIKE PENIS@!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
(Because what’s the point of discussing anything with these raving fanboys? I mean, come on now.)
on January 26, 2009 9:46 pm
I love how anyone who sees these articles as nothing more than fanboy fodder is considered a PS3 fanboy by RandomGamer. All I can say is, get a second opinion from someone- preferably someone who doesn’t worship MS. And preferably someone who acts over the age of 12.
on January 26, 2009 10:47 pm
Wow I own a PS3 and I think that Kaz Hirai is living in “everything is OK” world. sheesh Dan, you got a following of anti-fans it seems. well, except for DavidGX.
on January 26, 2009 10:48 pm
I’m a fan of ripten and not going apeshit over articles like this, especially when they’re true.
This guy has been high on… something for a long time now. Sony needs to gag him before he says anything else that’s too stupid.
on January 27, 2009 1:33 am
(Because what’s the point of discussing anything with these raving fanboys? I mean, come on now.)”
You are not discussing anything either,you just complacently sit and shit on the shitters.
This is a piece of opinion about some exotic and misleading PR talk.Not “The Truth” DavidGX,if you don’t agree, that’s fine ,but don’t try to argue with me about that subject please.
Is easily argued that Wii is not in the same league that the other two 7th gen consoles,and easily understood.
I do prefer Kazuo Hirai over Ken Kutaragi any day,at least for the sake of the political image of Sony,Kutaragi was an engineer,not a real executive, and every time he talks the damn price of the bread comes up,as we say in my land.
I do agree that is delusional and incorrect to ignore the 360 as an international competitor though,but delusional and all,he’s not lying on the part when he says they are not the same product.They are not.Did you knew it’s true that despite NOT being particularly a better console You Can Actually do things with the PS3 you can’t with the 360,mmmh? that is a fact,it’s not Kazuo’s PR talk,it’s not Dan Landis opinion nor mine (I’ll drop the brackets and the “Mr.” for you,since I don’t like you anymore,boo-hoo :D)
Consumers are not technologically educated people,not all of them are hardcore.Do you think the Wii is “Leading the way for videogaming” because it sold more? I ask any of you;You dare to be serious?
Most PR will try to spin it and lie to you or at least confuse you,Nintendo with their “”"Final Fantasy”"”since gamecube had all the fanboys raving,was it any better than PS2’s FF? Now its obvious that final fantasy on Nintendo died on supernes.(Even though it resurrected in DS)
Did the Wii controller was everything they told us it was going to be?; it is garbage.
Did the 360 was a reliable machine?,garbage.
Did the blu ray laser was any more reliable than the solding on the 360’s motherboard? My ass,thousands of ps3’s died here in spain. 1% vs 33% MY ASS,more like 25% failure rate for both
https://www.facua.org/es/noticia.php?Id=3327
By the way Dan,you’ve got to admit at least that You Know fanboys will come with an assertive piece of…Opinion like this.
We all know how PR’s are,now,but by how we understand and judge what the PR said,manifests our True Colors.Here you have my opinion:I prefer a PS3,I don’t give a damn about what fanboys on both sides say about a more eficient memory pool,price,or games.
I don’t agree with you assertive prose Landis,you seem to be calling him a Retard with all the letters and I don’t think that’s a subjective impression of my brand fanboyism.
on January 27, 2009 4:57 am
You are destroying Ripten’s reputation slowly. It’s ridiculous. I’m sure the founder and the guys that helped him, don’t even think you were around then, didn’t have this in mind for the website.
on January 27, 2009 5:05 am
Abaddon, now that’s a guy who loves some penis. lawl
on January 27, 2009 5:21 am
Abaddon, you bring up some interesting points. And yes, of course I know the fanboys are going to come out of the woodwork every time I write a “negative” article. I remember back in the good old days when I was a different kind of fanboy every week.
Regardless of your console preferences, Kaz’s statements are easy to ridicule, and that’s all I was doing. If I read or heard anyone else say something equally as ridiculous, I would have written the same article about that.
Some people just take this stuff too seriously. Doesn’t anyone watch The Daily Show, or is that a little too high brow?
on January 27, 2009 5:34 am
“Oh, guess what else? I am the father of Jessica Alba’s baby. That paternity test saying I’m not? Doesn’t count. We totally had lots of sex and stuff.”
SWEET!!
Nice going Dan… got any naked pictures of her that you can send me?
Sorry you have to put up with so much shit Dan, but I’m sure it doesnt matter since you’re doing Jessica.
LMAO!!
on January 27, 2009 6:08 am
Yeah DavidBoxG60,I do like “some” penis myself.
My OWN Penis precisely and exclusively,and your mother likes it too,that’s for sure,roflmao.
Anyway,yes they ARE ridiculous statements,but as I said,only children and mentally impaired live in “Fantasy Land” and that,being an educated, very subtle and clever insult, sounds too harsh for a guy who has such a big PROBLEM* in its hands,what I mean is,Sony doesn’t need a push to be beaten by 360;Microsoft already sold more.Is it the best console? Arguably.Possibly.
But not so Clear as you see it boys,and that’s it.
It’s not a headshot
Sony can respawn a few more times before dying.
Besides,this declarations give me shivers down the spine more than laughs.
I do imagine the japanese living in a closed bubble,isolated from the rest of the world,believing that PS3 sold as well more than 360 in EU and US.
Imagine for a second they are being lied a la North Korea style just for the bucks,just for tech chauvinism–…But that’s just conspiranoid.
Anyway,you are right Landis,but I still think you are directly calling for “fanboy disaster”,(though you don’t deserve any insult),with such sharp mocking pieces.
*(Let’s talk properly here,Sony IS in trouble)
on January 27, 2009 2:30 pm
Dan, you’re crazy man! LMAO!!!!!!
Fire them fanboys up again!!!!!
The dude is a tool though and I was thinking the same thing when I read a similar article on ign about a week ago. With logic like that, this guy has to be on some good shit!
Don’t worry ps3 fanboys, KZ2 is going to save the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT!
on January 27, 2009 3:16 pm
You can say Sony is in trouble, but I disagree, its Microsoft that’s really in trouble. It cut back budgets on its E&D which includes xbox, zune, etc because of the soaring cost of that departments R&D. Sony is not in trouble. I know many factors contribute to this, but just look at their stock. It hasn’t drastically fell, unlike MS’s in the previous year.
Suddenly, that rumored PS3 price cut is seeming to be a reality, and the rumored xbox price cut is not.
The statement that he gives saying that the xbox wont last is probably going to be true. It will still have an install base, but receive fewer sales due to technology limitations. Technology advances Its a fact that the ps3 is superior in terms of technology, dont you deny it.
on January 27, 2009 5:08 pm
ok I actually was one of the few to agree on the killzone 2 article cause hype kills games, but this was completely unnecessary
plus the ps3 is leading as a console not on sales, but the value(IMO)
on January 27, 2009 7:06 pm
IMO Ripten lost all credibility when typical Dan posted that ‘article’ about the PS3’s version of Farcry 2 being gimped. This one is the icing on the cake.
on January 27, 2009 10:05 pm
Goddamn, Abaddon is like.. master of the penis. You sir know penis, love penis and live penis.
on January 27, 2009 10:10 pm
Seriously though, can we just move on if we don’t like the article? Do we HAVE to go insane at every single article that doesn’t hail PS3 as the savior of mankind? Are you that insecure about your system of choice that you have to act this way?
on January 28, 2009 12:56 am
Cut it off already David,it was funny the first time.Now you seem to be clearly in certain state of mind,receptive for phallus ,but don’t share please.
It would be easier for me to briefly disrespect Landis than writing that hefty wad full of Engrish.
on January 28, 2009 4:59 am
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/11/16/cell-phone-booth.jpg
on January 28, 2009 12:53 pm
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/funny-pictures-hamster-kiss-glass.jpg LOL
on January 29, 2009 7:48 pm
I knew this’d result in flaming, yes I prefer the ps3 myself but that doesnt mean I’m a fanboy/girl/thing. I respect your words Dan and I honestly could careless if anyone does talk down about ps3 (just an example and I’m not saying Dan is doing so), everyone is entitled to their opinion . So let’s agree to disagree and have a group hug.
:3
on February 3, 2009 2:39 pm
they should clone sam and have him write this stuff not dan the xbot,wheres your piece on the stuff greenberg says??oh thats right it’s off limit huh?
on February 3, 2009 2:47 pm
any game that comes out for the crapbox wont make me wanna buy one so i guess that means crapbox is a failure according to dan the xbot.
on February 10, 2009 7:49 am
Once again Dan Lambit you manage to write up another crappy article trying to burn the ps3. Why? whats ur problem with the console? Just stick to the microshite section, you massive fanboy cant you try and stay negative?