wow, so many people love to talk crap about or praise the PS3, whenever they have the chance, but the simple fact they left this article alone just leaves me to believe most of those people don't know much of anything

i thank him for the Playstation.

@ lamprey263

That is too early to say. At this very moment people are waiting for the killer titles or/and eventual price drop. If only 10% of former PS2 owners decide to buy the system it would already increase almost 12 millions in sale. Neither nintendo or xbox have this kind of people who are waiting to buy the PS3 the at the right moment.

I'll give my full respect to Kutaragi for delivering the best consoles ever made, which neither Gates or Miyamoto deserves. If you look at sales and shipments, both PS and PS2 sold 100 million in the matter of 13 years. That's more than all nintendo TV consoles combined for 24 years, including Wii. Another thing in need of praise is how he managed to lure out more adult gamers which made gaming more accessible for people who didn't feel like gaming seriously on TV consoles.

"NinjaMunkey01

HXCDEW is right, dont give him minuses just because you own a 360 and see all things sony a sin."

Believing that people that bash him are 360 owners shows your fanboyism.

The picture of him holding the PS3 is priceless. "Hey look at my overpriced blu-ray player ya'll"

the slow of PS3 it going to crash but i think is going to make a perfect cosole but need more time! only way too generate more sales is wiht better games more interactivity.

HXCDEW is right, dont give him minuses just because you own a 360 and see all things sony a sin. chances are alll of you own something made by sony, mp3 player, tv's, computers, laptops ect... that man did revolutionise gaming, he created things that otherwise would not have been done, which would make consoles much less advanced. MS most likely took pointers from the ps2's success and that is why they do so well. dont get angry at what I say, there is no denying it he made the next generation of gaming new and exciting.

dont be a fanboy, just accept that he did good and made many smart decisions, thats it, fact.

He just followed in others footsteps and brought nothing new to the table.
SO IMO MIyamoto should be honered for innovation over anyone(Prepares for the smiting hehe)

Playstation brand became popular because of his work.
Playstation 3 is doing so bad because of his "Slowness".

you can love him or hate him, but he's all business ... give him credit!

Although i'll never like sony fanboys...but i'll own a PS1 and PS2 once upon a time...anyway Congrats Mr. Ken....

He didn't get greedy. He got a bad case of Hubris aka Victory Disease. He thought Sony was going to be the place to be no matter how much they sold the PS3 for and believed no one would jump ship. After the chinks in the armor started to show he tried his "120 FPS" lie believing people would fall for it much like they did for his "100 million polygons" lie when the PS2 launched. His arrogance and complaicancy took Sony from first to last in the space of one season cycle. He may have been a great visionary that turned a negative into a huge positive with turning the SNES CD into the PS, but he killed his clout in the industry when he suffered from the same Hubris that brought down Nintendo in the mid-90s.

Is that a metallic PS3?

I give props to him on the PS1 and PS2 but he just got plain greedy with the PS3.

Good on Mr. Kuturagi, the father of Playstation. His vision and dedication took the gaming industry to the next level. Show your respect where it's due.

you know gaming probably wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for him.

yep, congratulations to the Father of the PS!!!

he took the gaming industry to another level, congratulation Ken Kutaragi. your a legend. he deserves a statue

it is good to give back!

Kutaragi = Kool

Sony's Ken Kutargi, GameStop's Dan DeMatteo, and Electronic Arts' Bing Gordon...................Now these are 3 people I'll never congratulate.
The Big 3 powers of Evil as I see it.

@Pete5506

It's true Sony wouldn't be where it is today without him, but Sony wouldn't be where it is today if it weren't for what he did.

Cool.....Sony would benothing without him

Wow...I feel sorry for those charities and how little the're going to get this year given how bad this thing is going to end up bombing--unless the 'Champion Honoree' title includes sticking him in a dunking booth...

cool PSWII360

Without Kaz the industry wouldn't be as big as it is today *bows*

deserves it

i respect the man, he just lived in his own little videogame world however

ugh

Oh Kutaragi... you just couldn't fade away without having one last cash-in publicity could you.

I fail to see how he could be named the Champion Honeree considering (as GameSpot so bluntly put it), he's also blamed for the woes of the PS3. Indeed, he might be worthy for the PS2 and making games mainstream, but surely there are better people to choose in this generation/age.

er.... gratz........(pause)..... NOT!

Well, congrats to Kutaragi!

Well, he strated the Playstation brand, but he's the reason I hate PRs.

this hay is hella kool,

he brought the PlayStation into this world, now he's taking it out

I respect Ken Kutaragi, that's why it's so sad to see the PS3 bomb as it has, and him leave the scene before the ship sinks. Anyhow, there's some great videos on YouTube, see hyperlinks bellow...

History of the PlayStation [part 1/4]
History of the PlayStation [part 2/4]
History of the PlayStation [part 3/4]
History of the PlayStation [part 4/4]

That's a really great story in those videos, and that's why it's sad to see the PS3 so far behind in this console era.

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