Are we going to get enthusiasts in this thread saying that if Sony exits the gaming industry, they will never ever under any circumstances ever ever touch a video game ever again?
Its a disturbing, absolute mentality that I've seen popping up in a few threads occasionally.
A Capcom console?
No thanks.
US media is trying hard to remove from the market the Japanese stuff.
This Nintendo is doomed because Apple is awesome and Sony is doomed, MS is doing great is becoming boring. I wonder if they really believe it or if they just look at US market and try to influence it more.
I won't say no to a Capcom+Samsung collaboration console.
US media is trying hard to remove from the market the Japanese stuff.
This Nintendo is doomed because Apple is awesome and Sony is doomed, MS is doing great is becoming boring. I wonder if they really believe it or if they just look at US market and try to influence it more.
Another Sony doom and gloom article, 750,000th time is the charm, right?
Sony is a powerhouse, don't expect a company like them to go down under any time soon.
They just need a second job.
You are dead wrong on this. Sony is serious trouble. You can't sustain loses like this year after year. They might limp along for a while, but you'd be crazy not take this seriously if you were an investor or CEO. They have way too much clutter.
Read the NYTimes article the other day and it's incredibly well-written. At the current trajectory, I just don't see the major Japanese electronics manufacturers surviving 20 years from now.
The PS3 is not what I call a "successful, sound strategy". If anything, it exemplifies their problems today and their lack of ability to resolve them
The Vita is a step in the right direction but it still lacks the ambition, innovation, and drive of Sony's past. For gaming, they need to take a serious look at the PSOne/PS2.
Hopefully they'll last long enough to sell us a $599 US dollar PS4.
US media is trying hard to remove from the market the Japanese stuff.
This Nintendo is doomed because Apple is awesome and Sony is doomed, MS is doing great is becoming boring. I wonder if they really believe it or if they just look at US market and try to influence it more.
Yes because the vocal minority carries so much weight.Sony isn't doomed... they're still hip with the hardcore gaming crowd, they'll be just fine.
Don't worry! They've patented a new controller which will save the day!
I hope they don't die. I like Sony products. They are all good.
If there is no Playstation then I don't know how I'll play games.
Rubbish.You are dead wrong on this. Sony is serious trouble. You can't sustain loses like this year after year. They might limp along for a while, but you'd be crazy not take this seriously if you were an investor or CEO. They have way too much clutter.
Sony needs a genuine outsider running the show.
I doubt Kaz will ultimately have the balls to do what needs to be done.
Sony makes too many models, then they praise Apple.
Sony remains dominated by proud, territorial engineers who often shun cooperation. For many of them, cost-cutting is the enemy of creativity a legacy of Sonys co-founders, Mr. Morita and Masaru Ibuka, who tried to foster a culture of independence. But the founders had more success than recent executives in exerting control over division managers.
Executives complain privately of recalcitrant managers who refuse to share information or work with other divisions. One executive said he was startled to discover that a manager whose position had been eliminated had been rehired under a different title. (Or maybe he never really left, said this executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of angering his bosses.)
That image I posted is a genuine Sony patent... Seriously....
http://kotaku.com/5903267/time-to-play-what-the-hell-is-this-thing-sony-just-patented
The same way you did before Sony joined the game industry?
While the PS3 does have some features in the living room it has not gone far enough. The internet connectivity is not deep enough in any field.AN area where Sony has found success and perhaps one that most crystallizes the transition from stand-alone consumer electronics into a digital, Internet-centered world is video games. Sony marketed its PlayStation 3 console, for example as an integrated entertainment system that serves as a hub in the living room, connecting the Internet and television.
Sony stopping this with their consoles and handhelds has been a step back for sure. They even have 2 vita's when they could have just used bundled memory sticks to manipulate the perceived value.Sony makes too many models, and for none of them can they say, This contains our best, most cutting-edge technology, Mr. Sakito said. Apple, on the other hand, makes one amazing phone in just two colors and says, This is the best.
Do you really believe this? There's a vast conspiracy against Sony and Nintendo? And the NY Times is in on it?US media is trying hard to remove from the market the Japanese stuff.
This Nintendo is doomed because Apple is awesome and Sony is doomed, MS is doing great is becoming boring. I wonder if they really believe it or if they just look at US market and try to influence it more.
Executives complain privately of recalcitrant managers who refuse to share information or work with other divisions. One executive said he was startled to discover that a manager whose position had been eliminated had been rehired under a different title. (Or maybe he never really left, said this executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of angering his bosses.)
Yes because the vocal minority carries so much weight.
And a big fat LOL to all the nudniks who would stop playing games if Sony went kaput. Way to fall right in to Sony's branding strategy, loyal consumers!
Unless the poster joined when Sony entered? Those people actually exist
Why downgrade? The last non sony system I've ever owned was a gameboy advance not even a sp.The same way you did before Sony joined the game industry?
Rubbish.
They have tried to trim around the edges of their operations but maintain their total operating profile. It seems that they have been treading water to see if the market corrects itself. They have yet to exit a single market segment they compete in. Exitting a sector (or selling its share) carries the biggest cost savings. If the losses continue, they will completely exit or selloff unprofitable sectors. Sony as a whole may get a lot smaller in scope, but will likely never go away.
Why downgrade?
Since I can't see the nytimes article. Is this how it's going to be? Any mention of Sony is going to be put in the gaming section? The ign thing mentions playstation like once.
Discounting variations in memory, wireless providers and built to order options, Apple has one slimmest product catalogs of any CE company out there.
Do you remember Apple before Steve Jobs left the first time? One of his big moves was to drastically cut all the competing product lines.
Funny that everyone is waiting with bated breath for the Apple TV set while telling Sony to get out of the TV business altogether. Yet, if Sony tried to steal Apple's thunder, you just know it would be a flop.
So this is more about, let's promote American companies and say boo-urns to the Japanese ones
I believe there are 18 different SKUs of the iPad.
Unless the poster joined when Sony entered? Those people actually exist
Lol at these two. All of Sony's developers help each other out. And i am not sure what you even mean about HOME. It makes a shit ton of money, and a lot of developers make a living off of HOME, so i'm sure Sony ia pretty happy with it[*]Little co-operation between studios internationally. I think only the NA studios really help each other out.
[*]A social networking project that failed to take off but still takes up resources and manpower (Home).
All of Sony's phones are better than iPhones.
How much money do Sony make every year from HOME?And i am not sure what you even mean about HOME. It makes a shit ton of money, and a lot of developers make a living off of HOME, so i'm sure Sony ia pretty happy with it