Play’s Republic

Ken Kutaragi, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (and arguably, the person who propelled Sony into the video gaming business), is set to step down from his post on the 19th of June. Given the Playstation series’ lasting impression on the world of electronic gaming, this… well, it’s certainly something of a shock. It’s also an intriguing bit of news, especially given the current status of the Playstation 3: struggling to keep on an even beat against its closest competitors, the X-Box 360 and the Nintendo Wii (hearsay has it that the PS3 was, at one point, being outsold by the aging Gameboy Advance handheld…).

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