@Arsenicazure: It depends. If it's black with 30cm diameter, i wouldn't call it a DVD, but if it's physically a DVD and can't be read on a DVD drive, i'd call the DVD drive lacking the firmware.
@senseinobaka: If we are talking about Sonys 1st party studios, then the layoffs would be Sonys layoffs. Also notice that selling a studio is count as layoffs.
Look, it's no different whether you call the studio as SCE Santa Monica or Clap Handz, as long as it's an internal studio.
Going into smaller chipsize, changing the desing, switching to new powerblock, they all require retooling and possibly even new tech. If the change doesn't seem big for the consumer, it doesn't mean it wouldn't be one.
For the which level the R&D costs should be at. Since the costs aren't severely down and PS3 had very high costs, i see that supporting the argument of PS4 being in developement. If Sony doesn't up the costs in similar fashion, it only means that they don't have a project relatively on the same scale going on. It still can have hardware projects eating hundreds of millions per year (not literally). Also notice that the upgrades/changes in design are just as well R&D for the next gen, as they are for the current gen.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
