Sony on the brink of corporate upheaval, drastic changes

[NJ5]

madskillz said:

NJ5 said:

Here is a list of Sony's major divisions:

Electronics
Sony Ericsson (Mobile phones)
Game
Pictures
Financial Services
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
All Others

Of those, the ones posting a loss in the last quarter were:

- Sony Ericsson ($18 million loss)
- Game ($429 million loss)
- Financial Services ($275 million loss)
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment ($45 million loss)

In the previous fiscal year as a whole, the Game division was the only one posting a loss ($1.35 billion at today's exchange rates).

If the article is right in claiming that major divisions will be abolished (a pretty bold claim), the Game division doesn't look safe at all in this context.

 

Do you have data like this on MS? Ninny?

 

Nintendo doesn't have different divisions for gaming, they don't even discriminate between Wii and DS revenue.

As for Microsoft the data is in their investors page (same as with Sony):

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/default.mspx

Microsoft is losing money on Online Services Business and Corporate-level Activity which is explained here:

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/IC/Popups/CorporateLevelActivity.htm

In the previous fiscal year they also lost money on the Entertainment and Devices division (which 360 is a part of).