Oh I agree, which is why they need to spin off Playstation and downsize or break up the company like Kowen suggests.

I fail to see how Sony think they can continue down the path they're on.

Or.....they could ditch phones and cameras, and just stick with Banking/Insurance, Playstation, Music and Movies, since those are actually profitable?  And, they'd still be in the entertainment industry?

I agree with the downsizing, but wouldn't it be a better idea if Sony gets rid of their mobile and camera divisions, you know the ones that are making Sony lose money?

I'm not sure cameras are losing money for Sony (just that it is soon to become obselete) it's TV and Phones.

Aside from Playstation, it's not hard to see every other Sony product line on store shelves disappearing in the next 10 years.

I think Sony is struggling with the budget digital cameras. Those will go obsolete since why need them when smartphones basically do the same thing? I can see Sony establishing a niche in the professional grade camera market, but yeah, I do agree with your last sentence.

what sony are about is making money. whatever parts of sony make the most money are the parts that they are about the most. 

Look I agree with most things about SOny's financials but if they sold off the divisions that lose money they get a huge windfall of cash and be left with profiting divisions. Obviously the company would be half the size but it would still be pretty big and a very profitable company at that. It's just it's so hard for them to let some of those divisions go but it's getting to the point where they will have to. TV's is the hardest because they've dined at the top table for so long. 

PS3 has never made Sony any net money. It just stopped bleeding them dry near the end of the generation and started turning YoY profits. The sum net of the whole PS3 generation obliterated their gains from the PS1/PS2. It was a multi-billion dollar disaster.

The WiiU, for comparison, is and will end at hundreds of million.

This article said that Sony lost even more during the same period, nearly 5 billion, to Microsoft losing 3 billion.  So..... ?  If we take that article as being accurate, then Sony is worse at making money in gaming with the PS2 and 3 during that 10 year period.  Right?

according to this link that was given earlier, you are correct.

http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-has-lost-nearly-3-billion-in-10-years

I was referring to the Xbox brand as a whole. If you want to bring Playstation into the equation, be sure to include the entire Playstation brand, so that means include the PSP and PS1 too

But yeah, the Cell didn't do too well for Sony :/