Sony: We Should Probably Develop Less Games

[Killiana1a]

Dallinor said:

Killiana1a said:
Better yet, get the eff out of the gaming industry altogether with your lol $2.8 billion loss for the 2011 3rd quarter. No one is buying Uncharted compared to those who are buying Grand Theft Auto, Nintendo 1st Party franchises, Halo, and Activision-Blizzard games. Seriously Sony, the writing is on the wall. You are done. Your television business is a failure, the PS3 making 2nd place this gen will be a pyrrhic victory, and your music...LOL.

Anyone want to take bets on when Sony will enter bankruptcy? How many more $2.8 billion 3rd quarter losses can Sony endure?

I don't think it would make sense to leave the game industry. That division still has plenty of potential for Sony. Better to drop a different division.

Uncharted?  That's a poor game to highlight your point. It's actually selling quite well- 3.5m already for the new title, U2 is at 5.5 million. It's turning into a big seller and may yet show more growth going forward, if ND + Sony decide to stick with it into next gen. It's actually been one of Sony's successes on the software front this generation.

As for Sony going backrupt, time will tell.

Uncharted vs. Halo? Try again. The new CEO of Sony, Kaz Hirai, has the job of turning around the Titanic before it hits the iceberg. The whole 3D television business is a complete failure, Blu-Ray is a failure compared to the transition from VHS to DVD, and the PS3...We can start a whole new thread on that because I have my sources in the mainstream media detailing how much of a financial blackhole it was from launch until the price drop in 2009.

My prediction and you can hold me to it, if Sony does not go bankrupt before the release of the PS4, they will exit the console business midstream into the PS4's life.

Sony cannot afford another PS3; each PS4 console has to be selling at a profit from day 1.