amirnetz said:
You really think the analysts and shareholders care about the PS3 price? Bah. They only care about the business performance of Sony. From their perspective the PS3 is responsible for taking a highly profitable business division and turning it into a cash sinkhole. It is responsible from dropping Sony from a dominant "win the market by default" player to an struggling niche player in the console gaming market in just two short years. From their perspective Sony's management made a serious of bad decisions with the PS3. Starting with misjudging the market needs, continueing with a costly product design, failing to secure the 3rd parties, delayed launch, non-competitive price point and lack of defining system seller tiltles. These are all things that a good management should have foreseen and avoided. They care about what happens to the profits. What happens to the enterprise value of the company and what happens to the stock price. They are concerned that the current management with its poort track record cannot turn around the situation. That is what they care about. These people are disappointed and enraged. They are out for blood. And they will get it.
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You couldnt be more off track. Analysts and shareholders who understand the entire companies market structure know thegaming sector alone is an incredibly small piece of the Sony pie that is only capable of at least breaking even on the most current product in the foreseeable future. Analysts and shareholders who understand Sony's market structure are more focused on the dominate sectors of the company: eletronics, financial holdins and music. While they care about profits of all sectors, these are the dominant sectors that will make or break the company and are experiencing the brunt of the effects from global fall in demand for electronic products, global recession and Yen appreciation.