I am in agreement that Sony is not in a healthy position. I wouldn't say they are in trouble. I also don't agree with incorrect 'facts' :)

I think you must have miss typed the amount of cash MS, Google and Apple have. I'm pretty sure MS doesn't have almost 3 times the UK's GDP in cash

Which kindergarten did you learn your economic analysis? They have 1,546,369.00 MILLION YEN of cash and short term equalivalents as of last reported quarter. Microsoft does not have 7000billion free cash, wtf are you smoking? Btw 7000billion, we actually call that 7 trillion in economic circles. And you can buy off almost half the USA's national debt with 7 trillion. 

Let me know which kindergarten you study at and I will drop off some cookies to you. 

None of these companyies have trillions of dollars. There's only like $60-70 trillion in all of the world (lol I remember when the RIAA tried to sue people for more money than actually existed in the world) and that includes all physical money, checking and savings accounts, CDs, stocks etc. You think MS has 10% of the world's money?

I'm gonna chalk this up to a typo. A hilariously bad typo. Because even if you take off a 0, Micorosft still doesn't have 700B and Google doesn't have 400B (although Apple does have over 100B)

Sony needs to build their entire consumer electronics division around the PlayStation-brand and PlayStation-plattform, with PlayStation 4 as their central communications hub. Their entire main businessplattform should be built around that central communications hub. Hardware systems to be supported in a cross plattform user interface should be:

1. PlayStation 4 [Turned into a Game Focused Entertainment System] (businessmodell spanning between 2013-2020, with a possible successor ready for release in 2018)

2. PlayStation Vita [Primarily used for remote play for PlayStation 4, and as a touch screen controller for PlayStation 4) (2011-2016, with a possible successor in 2015)

3. PlayPhone [Sony's true answer to iPhone] (the first such phone should be released in the end of 2015, in four different sizes; S, M, L and XL, and followed by a new modell with four different sizes each year)


Key is connectivity between these three main hardware plattforms, where each plattform enhances the capabilities of the others.


A secondary businessmodel should be Sony Intellectural Property, where all entertainment and software development, as well as trademarks and copyrights, should be gathered. This includes development, production and publishing of games, movies, software tools, music, e-books and live performances.

Anything else should be scrapped as soon as possible.

Because there's much more money to be made in mobile and tablet gaming, they'd stop focusing on the PS4

Obviously the OP wanted to use 7000 million etc. as it is more impressive than $70B if you're going for ooohs and aaahs. Then forgot to change the b to an m. Embarrassing (sp?) but not thread busting. I'm just never going to react well to being told 'it's complicated but'. Either assume I'm not an idiot or don't speak to me at all. You'd be surprised what we, 'the chartz' are capable of understanding.

The single most significant change at Sony recently was the announcement that there wouldn't be a stock payout this year. That will make the next shareholders meeting more interesting but considering that the mobile writedown should be the last and PS's apparent return to glory, they may be alright. They'll be doomed again real soon.

This might well be true but the typo's in the OP hurt the "information" being presented in my opinion.

That said... what is the point of the OP, I'm not sure I understand? That Sony have access to no money now? so all their employee's are not being paid? Kaz can't afford food when he goes for his lunch break? Should we start sending Sony food donations?

Are they really going to be Bankroute[sic] soon?

Sony have not even begun asking their investors for money.

They would have been in big trouble if they had done that without getting any.

Yeah, Hirai needs to go.