Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs

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makingmusic476 on 21 April 2009

darthdevidem01 said:
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incorparating technologies from different branches is what got PS3 in 3rd Place

SONY needs to change it strategy not further it!

No, this is something that Sony has been NEEDING to do for a long time. The only thing about this strategy that hindered the ps3 was the incorporation of Blu-Ray, which gave it an extremely high price tag.

Sony has the capability to make a device that can compete with the iPhone, and a device that will have hardcore gamers on its side and developers support it with plenty of content. Going down that road is inevitable if they want to stay competitive in the current market, and they still have ana dvantage if they wre to go down that path soon.

However, the longer they wait, the more popular the iPhone becomes, and the more it becomes accepted as a proper gaming device. Then Sony won't have much place else to go, with the DS beating them solely on games, and the iPhone being the multimedia/gaming device they had originally intended to be.

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blackstar on 21 April 2009

Squilliam said:

Scruff7 said:

blackstar said:

Squilliam said:
Why is this in the Sony forums?

.........

Squilliam does have a point, SonyEricsson is a separate company from Sony.

Sony own 50% of it as a joint venture with Ericsson after Ericsson messed up massively and almost lost their business.

+1

Theres also the point where if we posted bad news about every bad Sony division which has nothing to do with gaming...

I don't know I just thought this was an important thing to share :(

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NJ5 on 21 April 2009

Here is the data on Sony Ericsson's profitability in the last four fiscal years:

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/presen/04q4/10.jpg
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/presen/05q4/14.jpg
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/06q4/slide/image/12_image.jpg
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/07q4/slide/image/13_image.jpg

(always profitable)

And then in this fiscal year's first three quarters:

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/08q1/slide/image/11_image.jpg
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/08q2/slide/image/10_image.jpg
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/08q3/slide/image/10_image.jpg

They were always profitable except during Q3. Counting this latest report, they've been unprofitable for 6 months, so they're for sure not Sony's worst performing division.

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Scruff7 on 21 April 2009

darthdevidem01 said:
@Scruff

yeah it made the PS3 so awesome

but also SO VERY expensive

I love my PS3 & imo its the best console ever

but their strategy of ALL IN 1 got them in 3rd place

& SONY need to change that

and thats the shame. it is awesome, but it won't be until the next next gen for people to go:

"remember the PS3? how awesome that was for its time? how it did everything? wish i'd got one before Microsoft bought Sony turned them into a doorstop company."

All i know is i'd love to have a camera, internet surfer, photo and movie viewer, satnav, mobile phone and awesome gaming machine in one.

It would go nicely with my Blu-ray playing, internet surfing, TV watching, video watching, picture viewing, hi-fi, awesome gaming machine media hub.

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