Sony on the brink of corporate upheaval, drastic changes

[Demotruk]

richardhutnik said:

Demotruk said:
My prediction for what Sony will do with SCE:

Keep it. They'll scrap other divisions and sell various intellectual assets for finance but since they wouldn't get a good price for SCE they'll cut their losses. ie. They'll continue to produce the PS3 but won't drop the price unless it's selling at a profit. They'll continue to make software, but more conservatively. Lower budget, lower risk titles. They'll lean on third parties for bigger titles. They will not spend money on R&D for future consoles until they are in a more stable financial position.

Cutting back on your own development, and leaning on third-party, when you are the last place console, is to end up putting yourself even further behind, because you don't have as much of a chance of producing exclusive killer apps.

 

 

The ultimate goal is not to win the console war, but to make money. Sometimes you have to cut your losses.