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Forums - Sony Discussion - Sony ‘Employee’ Review: ‘I Don’t Have A Lot Of Confidence That Orbis Will Sell Well’

DanneSandin said:
Andrespetmonkey said:

"Company is shrinking, hasn't been profitable for a long time. Lots of stealth layoffs (a few at a time, to avoid WARN notices). Very few career opportunities now. Hard to see a long term future for the company (or the corporation). Mid-level management is comprised of incompetent "yes" men. Hardly anyone gets fired, instead poor performers just linger.... or worse, get pushed into management.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a strong look at your Director level. That's where the problems lie."

Another review...

link?

that one sounds more credible...

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Sony-PlayStation-RVW2195111.htm



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Squilliam said:
The PS4 will be domed.


Would be sexy if it looked like a UFO.



Argh_College said:
Everyone with a brain already knows Sony is in its Death Spiral.

3D is a Fiasco that nobody cares anymore, even movies in 3D are in decline at Cinemas.

Move is a major Flop, Software sales for it are absolutely BAD.

Vita - The biggest Flop in gaming history, no 3rd party support, 1st party is a joke, the Console looks like Psp with updated Graphics, no major gameplay changes, nothing.

Obris will Follow, it will be a major fail since nobody cares about PlayStation Brand anymore, people are buying Ps3 because their Friends have it, once Ps4 cames around nobody will have it or want it.

it will be a Microsoft/Nintendo Battle, Microsoft Services will once again crush Competition and Nintendo ability to make money and SW exclusives that Move milions of hardware will continue will Orbis will be in a dead last place.

Microsoft will make sure they buy all the exclusives they need at first, moneyhat 3rd parties.

Sony is absolutely doomed and im not joking.

While 3d might not have taken off, it didn't hurt anything having it for people that can use it, and I'll tell you it's fantastic in games like R3 and GT5.

Move sold 15 million units and counting. Hardly a flop.

It would help if you knew what your talking about, In fact vita is the only handheld that brought innovation this gen. 3 and 1st party support is stacked from her on out for next year.

Millions of people still care about the Playstation brand, thanks for speaking for everyone. All those gamers that got a p3 this holiday season and it was the console to show the least amount of decline this year, while remain number one for the entire year, not just Christmas.

MS id done money hating 3rd parties, look at all the money hatting they did this gen. And it still didn't help them. 600 dollar ps3 is the only reason they had a chance and being on a level playing field next gen is going to cost MS a lot of ground, they need exclusive. Exclusive DLC isn't going to cut it and neater is paying to play online. Those days are done.

Sony is no where near doomed, get over your hate.



Mmmfishtacos said:
Argh_College said:
Everyone with a brain already knows Sony is in its Death Spiral.

3D is a Fiasco that nobody cares anymore, even movies in 3D are in decline at Cinemas.

Move is a major Flop, Software sales for it are absolutely BAD.

Vita - The biggest Flop in gaming history, no 3rd party support, 1st party is a joke, the Console looks like Psp with updated Graphics, no major gameplay changes, nothing.

Obris will Follow, it will be a major fail since nobody cares about PlayStation Brand anymore, people are buying Ps3 because their Friends have it, once Ps4 cames around nobody will have it or want it.

it will be a Microsoft/Nintendo Battle, Microsoft Services will once again crush Competition and Nintendo ability to make money and SW exclusives that Move milions of hardware will continue will Orbis will be in a dead last place.

Microsoft will make sure they buy all the exclusives they need at first, moneyhat 3rd parties.

Sony is absolutely doomed and im not joking.

While 3d might not have taken off, it didn't hurt anything having it for people that can use it, and I'll tell you it's fantastic in games like R3 and GT5.

Move sold 15 million units and counting. Hardly a flop.

It would help if you knew what your talking about, In fact vita is the only handheld that brought innovation this gen. 3 and 1st party support is stacked from her on out for next year.

Millions of people still care about the Playstation brand, thanks for speaking for everyone. All those gamers that got a p3 this holiday season and it was the console to show the least amount of decline this year, while remain number one for the entire year, not just Christmas.

MS id done money hating 3rd parties, look at all the money hatting they did this gen. And it still didn't help them. 600 dollar ps3 is the only reason they had a chance and being on a level playing field next gen is going to cost MS a lot of ground, they need exclusive. Exclusive DLC isn't going to cut it and neater is paying to play online. Those days are done.

Sony is no where near doomed, get over your hate.



not worth your time, dude.

Jay520 said:
Mmmfishtacos said:
Argh_College said:
Everyone with a brain already knows Sony is in its Death Spiral.

3D is a Fiasco that nobody cares anymore, even movies in 3D are in decline at Cinemas.

Move is a major Flop, Software sales for it are absolutely BAD.

Vita - The biggest Flop in gaming history, no 3rd party support, 1st party is a joke, the Console looks like Psp with updated Graphics, no major gameplay changes, nothing.

Obris will Follow, it will be a major fail since nobody cares about PlayStation Brand anymore, people are buying Ps3 because their Friends have it, once Ps4 cames around nobody will have it or want it.

it will be a Microsoft/Nintendo Battle, Microsoft Services will once again crush Competition and Nintendo ability to make money and SW exclusives that Move milions of hardware will continue will Orbis will be in a dead last place.

Microsoft will make sure they buy all the exclusives they need at first, moneyhat 3rd parties.

Sony is absolutely doomed and im not joking.

While 3d might not have taken off, it didn't hurt anything having it for people that can use it, and I'll tell you it's fantastic in games like R3 and GT5.

Move sold 15 million units and counting. Hardly a flop.

It would help if you knew what your talking about, In fact vita is the only handheld that brought innovation this gen. 3 and 1st party support is stacked from her on out for next year.

Millions of people still care about the Playstation brand, thanks for speaking for everyone. All those gamers that got a p3 this holiday season and it was the console to show the least amount of decline this year, while remain number one for the entire year, not just Christmas.

MS id done money hating 3rd parties, look at all the money hatting they did this gen. And it still didn't help them. 600 dollar ps3 is the only reason they had a chance and being on a level playing field next gen is going to cost MS a lot of ground, they need exclusive. Exclusive DLC isn't going to cut it and neater is paying to play online. Those days are done.

Sony is no where near doomed, get over your hate.



not worth your time, dude.


I know it, After reading around I don't know how this guy hasn't been banned yet.



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He is completely right in his analysis. Some things i have been saying for quite a while.

As for Orbis, its just speculation at this time. I i was the marketing manager the company would be betting on the hardcore and diferentiating itself that way: beeing THE harcore machine and not having any of that sillyness aimed at casuals like the move/kinect/tablet. But hey... lets see what happens. I dont have acess to the information on wich technologies Sony might have acess to.



Argh_College said:

Everyone with a brain already knows Sony is in its Death Spiral.

3D is a Fiasco that nobody cares anymore, even movies in 3D are in decline at Cinemas.

Move is a major Flop, Software sales for it are absolutely BAD.

Vita - The biggest Flop in gaming history, no 3rd party support, 1st party is a joke, the Console looks like Psp with updated Graphics, no major gameplay changes, nothing.

Obris will Follow, it will be a major fail since nobody cares about PlayStation Brand anymore, people are buying Ps3 because their Friends have it, once Ps4 cames around nobody will have it or want it.

it will be a Microsoft/Nintendo Battle, Microsoft Services will once again crush Competition and Nintendo ability to make money and SW exclusives that Move milions of hardware will continue will Orbis will be in a dead last place.

Microsoft will make sure they buy all the exclusives they need at first, moneyhat 3rd parties.

Sony is absolutely doomed and im not joking.

User was banned for this post - Kantor


I took a deep breath and read the whole paragraph in that one breath, like how this post was meant to be read. 



You are the answer to every prayer I've offered.

You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have.

While I don't trust this review, many of the points made in the comment seem like fair analysis from the outside of the company ...

Sony (on the whole) has been in decline since the late 1990s, and in the last decade they have been falling behind their competition in most of their markets. Although they have had some success, a large portion of what has been successful with Sony is the result of a massive brand name and conditions that were established before Sony began their decline; and you can only lean on your brand for so long before it crumbles, and many of the conditions that existed have also steadily degraded.



ehh gguess we'll wait n see



I read through a couple of pages of reviews, and the common theme is there are too many "lifers" not willing to change and hold onto the good old days, and that there isn't any communication between teams which seems to be the same problems that were brought out when Kaz took over. Which is worrisome, since its the lifers that are resisting any change. (Some said that there were improvements being done to team communication but it was slow in coming.
So Sony may finally turn it around but I see a long process a head of them. (One would be put into place a proper performance review system to get some of the slackers out of there.)