Kutaragi Admits Sony Hardware In Decline

An anonymous reader writes "In a surprising admission, Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi acknowledged that Sony's strength in game hardware might be in decline. BetaNews has the article, which reports on Sony's PS3 struggle for the holiday season." From the article: "In an extraordinary public statement of regret and despair over having to postpone his company's PlayStation 3 debut in Europe and Australia until March, and to limit availability elsewhere to only 500,000 units come November, Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi is quoted by Reuters as having told reporters, 'If you asked me if Sony's strength in hardware was in decline, right now I guess I would have to say that might be true.'"

Wow!!

[CaymanIslandCarpedie]

This has the potential to be the first article about a Sony exec saying something that may not be tagged fud!

They seem to be good at software

[Anonymous Coward]

It takes some l33t sk1ll2 to make a piece of software which acts as both spyware and DRM at once, and then install it on a person's computer without their approval. Thanks, Sony. You took the art form to a new level.

Re:Wow!!

[MilenCent]

Oh it's still FUD. It's just aimed at his own head!

Re:They seem to be good at software

[Stormwatch]

It takes some l33t sk1ll2 to make a piece of software which acts as both spyware and DRM at once, and then install it on a person's computer without their approval. Thanks, Sony. You took the art form to a new level.

Actually, their DRM/malware was licensed. They're not even good at being bad!

Re:Just the Opposite really

[UbuntuDupe]

I'm sorry, but I don't think you fully appreciate how vital the Cell processor is in order to facilitate real-time weapon changing. I guess you just don't understand the internal architecture of console systems.

Only things to do!

[monopole]

1.Raise Prices
2.Add more proprietary hardware
3.Add more DRM, not playing Blu-Ray isn't enough. Destroying the disc (on the faint possibility that it is pirated) while installing a rootkit is preferred.
4.Add exploding batteries

Re:Sony's problem

[JonnyCalcutta]

right on
i bought
a DVD-ROM drive from them not too long ago
its still working fine

i will always buy Sony