| Squilliam said: Thats pretty much what I expected. Unfortunately this credit crisis has hit at almost the worst possible time, they have a lot of games set to release next year and every lost sale now will hurt them additionally when they consider the 1/2 possible first party title sales they lose as well. The number of studios they have now was only really tenable when they had a PS2 sized userbase, currently they are trying to feed a developer population greater than Nintendo on the userbase of a third place console 2 years into the generation. Furthermore, theres some pretty hefty third party competition for games next year as well so its not like a Nintendo Gamecube where they knew they would sell like hotcakes inspite or because of a lack of competition.
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That's quite an important observation on the unsustainability of having so many 1st party studios for a small userbase. However, what would happen if they were to close down a lot of studios?
How to keep the appeal of the PS2 in the so called "emerging markets"? How to keep the faithful Sony fan on board for the PS4 when a lot of franchises are gone? Unless you think 3rd parties can carry the PS3 by themselves, it doesn't seem like a very good idea to close down a lot of studios.
In my opinion, SCE must either stay more or less as it is or just get scrapped. Middle-ground solutions don't work very well here. It's not analogous to eliminating a few models of TVs or phones that everyone will soon forget about.
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