Today's Wall Street Journal (Europe) is running an interview with new Sony boss Howard Stringer. I can't actually find it online, but like pretty much everything else on WSJ.com, it's probably subscription only. In lieu of being able to read it, here's one answer to an interesting question about the future of "Mr PlayStation", Ken Kutaragi - who was originally thought to be one of the frontrunners to take over the firm.
Sayeth Stringer:
"I have no indication that he doesn't intend to stay. Every company needs the sort of brilliance in residence that he represents... people whose mind leaps in imaginative vaults, to arrive at different conclusions. So I've gone out of my way to say he's very important.
"We've both discussed coming back to PlayStation and helping bring Sony Entertainment into different parts of the electronics company. It's very important to find ways that these silos can work together... [silos] worked in the analog era, not in the digital one."
Is this an ego-massaging attempt to keep Kutaragi on side, or is it just bolstering the position of one of the firm's leading lights?
