Father of Sony PlayStation steps down
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The chief architect of Sony's PlayStation game console stepped down Tuesday as the Japanese company struggles to defend its dominance in the video game industry and revive its reputation as an electronics pioneer.
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'Within our reach' to sell 6m by April 2007, prez states Sony's plan to ship 2m PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide by the end of the year and a further 4m PS3s by the end of March 2007 is still "within our reach", company President Ryoji Chubachi told reporters this week.â¦
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Sony said that its former chief executive, Nobuyuki Idei, will step down as chief corporate adviser at the company this week.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) plans to  phase out the cut-priced $499 model of its PlayStation 3 video  game machine, leaving only a higher capacity $599 model for  sale in the United States, the company said on Monday.
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Michael Powell, son of Colin Powell, is stepping down from the Washington DC-based  Federal Communications Commission in a shock move.
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Microsoft's Business Division President will step down, and the former head of the company that created Flash will take his spot.
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Sony Corp. is removing a chip from the  European version of its new PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, a  move that cuts costs but means users cannot play some of their  old games.
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Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi announced a drastic 20% price cut for the PlayStation 3 game console, in time for its November 11 premiere in Japan. The 20 GB model will now sell for about USD$429, instead of the USD$515 originally planned.
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The chip in Sony's initial PS3 versions that enables backward compatibility with older PlayStation games, called the "Emotion Engine," will be eliminated from the structure of new 80GB units, which go on sale in August.
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Sony's game unit is discontinuing two PlayStation 3 game machine models sold only in Japan to streamline its lineup and boost software development, a company official said Thursday.
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Sony is now $399 away from giving PlayStation 3 consoles away.
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Following Sony&#39;s surprising exit from the US PDA handheld market earlier this summer, three other companies have announced their intentions to withdraw from the US handheld market.
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Sony Corp. said on Friday it will eliminate a key microchip from the European version of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, reducing production costs as well as its compatibility with PS2 games.
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Miles steps down for Dick Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson, has stepped down to spend more time with his money; to be replaced by Dick Komiyama, current chairman of the board at Sony Electronics, USA.â¦
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Tommy Sheridan says he has resigned as leader of the Scottish Socialist Party so he can be a "proper father".
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Jim Press, who became the first non-Japanese on Toyota's board earlier this year, is stepping down to run Chrysler LLC's sales and marketing operations.
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Phil Knight is finally letting go. He officially announced his resignation as CEO and president of the world&#39;s largest sneaker company on Nov. 18.