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1Up: Ken Kutaragi's greatest hits

Wow, a lot these of people weren't around when Yamauchi left his position. It was a regular roast with an occasional nod to his achievements, and that guy did more for videogames than Kutaragi ever could. The guy rebooted the industry, nurtured Miyamoto, and one of the last ideas he had was for a dual screened handheld, and we all know how that turned out. But roasting the guy was fair game because he continuously made a fool of himself and lead Nintendo in some questionable directions. I don't believe Kutaragi, however, has even worked on a controller. So let's get off our friggin' high horse, okay?
 
a Master Ninja said:
Come on, Kutaragi's outrageous quotes are what made him a message board sensation. Without them he would just be some suit at Sony to us. I hope we see similar things when other high profile figures depart from their companies, like Peter Moore for example. "Lucid dreams"...lol
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Well there's a huge difference between quotes being laughed at because people are too dumb to grasp them and then directly brain-dead quotes.

There has been so many ignorants making jokes with Ken's EE comments and wanting to make Playstation more than a gaming console that it just isn't fun.

Please don't compare a man of visions with one who jumps around acting like a monkey.
 
Pokeylongo said:
I don't believe Kutaragi, however, has even worked on a controller. So let's get off our friggin' high horse, okay?
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what? you know what you are talking about?
He is the engineer who draw the SNES soundchip on his own. Controller what?

come on now... read eurogamers article, its the least you can do before post nonsense.
 
InterMoniker said:
Ur mums bloke.
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I... what?

Edit: Nice ninja edit. But please, explain to me what his post about the PS3 being more powerful than the 360 had to do with Kutaragi quotes and 1up's journalistic integrity since you feel so strongly about it.
 
spyshagg said:
what? you know what you are talking about?
He is the engineer who draw the SNES soundchip on his own. Controller what?

come on now... read eurogamers article, its the least you can do before post nonsense.
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Wow. Dare I dispute the historical significance of the SNES soundchip?

Yeah, dude, I already knew about that.
 
Pokeylongo said:
Wow, a lot these of people weren't around when Yamauchi left his position. It was a regular roast with an occasional nod to his achievements, and that guy did more for videogames than Kutaragi ever could. The guy rebooted the industry, nurtured Miyamoto, and one of the last ideas he had was for a dual screened handheld, and we all know how that turned out. But roasting the guy was fair game because he continuously made a fool of himself and lead Nintendo in some questionable directions. I don't believe Kutaragi, however, has even worked on a controller. So let's get off our friggin' high horse, okay?
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I think this is more a case of "fanboys have a selective memory".
 
Innovation. You'll never be able to take that from him.

keninventsmotioncontrol.jpg
 
Vorian Atreides said:
What's the matter with u guys, ?The reality is the reality, I have a 360 and I dont mind saying the ps3 in a couple of years will be superior in terms of graphics to the 360, I am not saying it will win the console wars......OK, the xbox launched after the ps2, the xbox had better graphics, but who won in the end the inferior machine the ps2.Now the tables are turned and the ps3 launched later, see the pattern.......

So stop saying I am a troll or a fanboy, ok.
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I could care less about these godamn console wars. You guys need to stop holding onto this crazy notion that he's some sort of god. The guy was a clown with the comments he made when he was in power,and you guys overlook this and continue to stroke that madman's ego.
 
Jive Turkey said:
I think this is more a case of "fanboys have a selective memory".
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More a case of fanboys making them self look dumb by laughing at quotes they do not comprehend.

Roast people when they deserve it and not because you aren't smart enough to understand what they said.
I so hate this laughing the loudest monkey mentality.
 
spyshagg said:
so, which 1up editor are you.... the one responsible for the website monthly hits count? i bet you gonna have money to buy a ps3 now.



hey, Einstein said in the end of his career that quantum physics was bullshit....
Quick, lets forget E=mc2 and jump him!
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:lol

You really need to calm down. The guy said some crazy things, they put together some of his crazy quotes. It's not like they were slamming him, or acting like he never did anything right. It's pretty funny that you're taking this article so personally.
 
Pokeylongo said:
Wow, a lot these of people weren't around when Yamauchi left his position. It was a regular roast with an occasional nod to his achievements, and that guy did more for videogames than Kutaragi ever could. The guy rebooted the industry, nurtured Miyamoto, and one of the last ideas he had was for a dual screened handheld, and we all know how that turned out. But roasting the guy was fair game because he continuously made a fool of himself and lead Nintendo in some questionable directions. I don't believe Kutaragi, however, has even worked on a controller. So let's get off our friggin' high horse, okay?
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Slightly different situation though. If I'm not mistaken, Yamauchi had been saying for years he would retire, he would announce it about a year in advance and then, without a proper sucessor in mind he would delay his retirement. Also, to be fair, he was getting old and, even if their doing very well at their job(which Yamauchi most certainly was at the time, look it up), japanese people are also expected to retire eventually. How old is Kutaragi anyway?
 
I'm not going to sit here and reply to wacky accusations of bias and Sony trolling -- read my work and devise your own assumptions, but know that's exactly what they are.

As for the story itself, the original intention was to wrap Kutaragi's over the top quotes with a historical remembrance of his accomplishments and advancements within the industry. We'll be running a companion story Monday that examines that, but that didn't make it into Friday's piece. Kutaragi, outside of being a technology visionary, was a total character, and we riffed off that. Was it a bit of a cheap shot? Yeah, probably, but c'mon -- read those quotes again.

1UP's done plenty of work critically and humorously jabbing at the big three. Here, I wanted people to remember some of the ridiculous things said by the industry's most hyperbolic exec since Yamauchi. He will be sorely missed.
 
Azelover said:
Slightly different situation though. If I'm not mistaken, Yamauchi had been saying for years he would retire, he would announce it about a year in advance and then, without a proper sucessor in mind he would delay his retirement. Also, to be fair, he was getting old and, even if their doing very well at their job(which Yamauchi most certainly was at the time, look it up), japanese people are also expected to retire eventually. How old is Kutaragi anyway?
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Slightly, but it doesn't really affect my point. In fact, Nintendo's fall from grace was far more gradual and cemented at that point than Sony's has been (it's still quite uncertain), and Yamauchi was older and more accomplished and still got roasted. There's no reason anyone should be a fanboy to Kutaragi (as with Yamauchi). People are turning a blind eye and honoring him like a fallen warrior.
 
eXxy said:
I'm not going to sit here and reply to wacky accusations of bias and Sony trolling -- read my work and devise your own assumptions, but know that's exactly what they are.

As for the story itself, the original intention was to wrap Kutaragi's over the top quotes with a historical remembrance of his accomplishments and advancements within the industry. We'll be running a companion story Monday that examines that, but that didn't make it into Friday's piece. Kutaragi, outside of being a technology visionary, was a total character, and we riffed off that. Was it a bit of a cheap shot? Yeah, probably, but c'mon -- read those quotes again.

1UP's done plenty of work critically and humorously jabbing at the big three. Here, I wanted people to remember some of the ridiculous things said by the industry's most hyperbolic exec since Yamauchi. He will be sorely missed.
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As I said before, the piece is totally legit, but without the "serious part" it was uncomplete in my own opinion. From a reader viewpoint, if there is no notice of your plans, it´s like you are done with that piece alone.

Read about your fingers in your blog, sorry to hear. Hope is not much trouble for your work (but it sounds like it is)
 
@ exxy
I think most of the guys calling the 1up staff biased in this thread have probably read those quotes so much that they're completely desensitized to how bat-shit insane they sound. They just feel the need to defend their favorite company figurehead regardless of your intent. You could have ran a piece with crazy Gates and Miyamoto quotes right alongside the ones from Ken and people would still be calling you biased for it just because his quotes were the craziest.
 
I feel like I am Watching a Gaf Version of Clerks 2 in here.

"Say Whatever you will about Jesus Randal but leave Kutaragi alone."
 
VonGak said:
More a case of fanboys making them self look dumb by laughing at quotes they do not comprehend.
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Wait...Are you actually saying Crazy Ken's quotes are so deep most people can't grasp them? Am I reading this right?
 
Wow, trying to bash the person who created two best selling consoles and expanded gaming market like never before? What's next? Pope Jean Paul the Second was gay?
 
Ynos Yrros said:
Wow, trying to bash the person who created two best selling consoles and expanded gaming market like never before? What's next? Pope Jean Paul the Second was gay?
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Honestly, I'm surprised it took four pages for people to bring out the Ken is the Pope rhetoric.
 
Ynos Yrros said:
Wow, trying to bash the person who created two best selling consoles and expanded gaming market like never before? What's next? Pope Jean Paul the Second was gay?
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Hate is a measure of popularity and succes. Next in lines, Gates, Jobs, Iwata, depending on the day.

Currently people at GAF praise Reggie, which is just a marketing guy, who did not know nothing about this market 3 years ago, and bash people who really contributed to this industry.
 
wazoo said:
Hate is a measure of popularity and succes. Next in lines, Gates, Jobs, Iwata, depending on the day.

Currently people at GAF praise Reggie, which is just a marketing guy, who did not know nothing about this market 3 years ago, and bash people who really contributed to this industry.
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I have nothing agaist Reggie, because I appreciate his amusing speeches, but I think that people must stop here to criticize Kutaragi. Without him, the videogames market wouldn't have never been opened to the mass market. And in my opinion, he should have became the president of Sony, but Idei just ousted him first and then Stringer gave him the final heavy blow.
 
wazoo said:
Hate is a measure of popularity and succes. Next in lines, Gates, Jobs, Iwata, depending on the day.

Currently people at GAF praise Reggie, which is just a marketing guy, who did not know nothing about this market 3 years ago, and bash people who really contributed to this industry.
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The technology industry is shifting powers to loudhailer marketing guys and that is a sad case. The Reggies, Iwatas, Jobs, Moores, Stringers and Hirais who know nuts about of the A-B-C of innovating at the edge.

You get people satisfised with music player using crap DAC, an overheating console repackage and still breaks down, last gen upgraded technology disguised as some revolution and what i expect a PSP2 that gets clearance with a crappy screen and slow processors because the engineers are not motivated to push hard enough, you let the marketing guys do the talking and scheming. Why work so hard?
 
Yeah wouldn't have seemed so cheap had it been an addendum to a proper article, just came out kinda childish being the first response basically.
 
wazoo said:
Hate is a measure of popularity and succes. Next in lines, Gates, Jobs, Iwata, depending on the day.

Currently people at GAF praise Reggie, which is just a marketing guy, who did not know nothing about this market 3 years ago, and bash people who really contributed to this industry.
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Reggie takes better pictures.
 
Ynos Yrros said:
Wow, trying to bash the person who created two best selling consoles and expanded gaming market like never before? What's next? Pope Jean Paul the Second was gay?
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Would that make him a worse man? Kutaragi made these comments and they were laughed at since quite a long time so it's absolutely rediclious to whine because of some funny quotes...
 
Jahaya said:
The technology industry is shifting powers to loudhailer marketing guys and that is a sad case. The Reggies, Iwatas, Jobs, Moores, Stringers and Hirais who know nuts about of the A-B-C of innovating at the edge.
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Listing Iwata or Jobs as having no idea about "innovating at the edge" shows you have no ****ing clue. Unless by at the edge you really mean "batshit insane".
 
Angelus said:
I could care less about these godamn console wars. You guys need to stop holding onto this crazy notion that he's some sort of god. The guy was a clown with the comments he made when he was in power,and you guys overlook this and continue to stroke that madman's ego.
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Are you talking about Peter Moore, Iwata, Kutaragi, Reggie or Hirai ?
 
Why do some (angry) people in the thread apparently think the man died? He willfully resigned, let 1up have their fun.
 
Jahaya said:
The technology industry is shifting powers to loudhailer marketing guys and that is a sad case. The Reggies, Iwatas, Jobs, Moores, Stringers and Hirais who know nuts about of the A-B-C of innovating at the edge.

You get people satisfised with music player using crap DAC, an overheating console repackage and still breaks down, last gen upgraded technology disguised as some revolution and what i expect a PSP2 that gets clearance with a crappy screen and slow processors because the engineers are not motivated to push hard enough, you let the marketing guys do the talking and scheming. Why work so hard?
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You're off to a great start, post-wise.
 
Jahaya said:
The technology industry is shifting powers to loudhailer marketing guys and that is a sad case. The Reggies, Iwatas, Jobs, Moores, Stringers and Hirais who know nuts about of the A-B-C of innovating at the edge.

You get people satisfised with music player using crap DAC, an overheating console repackage and still breaks down, last gen upgraded technology disguised as some revolution and what i expect a PSP2 that gets clearance with a crappy screen and slow processors because the engineers are not motivated to push hard enough, you let the marketing guys do the talking and scheming. Why work so hard?
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Iwata does not belong on that list. Jobs doesn't really deserve to be there either.
 
buckfutter said:
Iwata does not belong on that list. Jobs doesn't really deserve to be there either.
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Iwata is a shrewd business man.
Jobs? He can make an animated maximise button sounds like the next big revolution in an OS. :)
 
Jahaya said:
Iwata is a shrewd business man.
Jobs? He can make an animated maximise button sounds like the next big revolution in an OS. :)
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Whoops, missed your tag. Was going to reply to your ludicrous statement, but that would be like throwing pearls before swines.
 
buckfutter said:
Iwata does not belong on that list. Jobs doesn't really deserve to be there either.
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Nobody really deserves to be hated. The fact you make distinction between all those people only shows your biais.
 
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