Sony on the brink of corporate upheaval, drastic changes

[Grampy]

goddog said:

Grampy said:

Bullet100000 said:
If the economy doesn't start to change even Nintendo will show losses do to Yen rise against the dollar.

You are right no one is immune from the pain, but comparativly speaking, Nintendo is so much better positioned to weather the storm you cannot help feeling that if conditions ever get bad enough to seriously hurt Nintendo, Sony will already be history.

	Sony	Microsoft	Nintendo
Market Cap	22 B	181 B	54 B
Employees	161,000	91,000	4,000
Revenue Growth YOY	-.5%	9.4%	105%
Revenue	96 B	62 B	17 B
Net Income	3 B	18 B	2.6 B
Earnings Growth YOY	-72%	2%	28%
Total Debt	12 B	2 B	1.3 B
Total Cash	6 B	20 B	12-20 B

 

 I didnt realize that sony had more employees than MS 

I find the size of their payroll surprising and hard to explain but I found approx, the same number at several sources. This is what I see is thei bubbest problem. Nintendo's comparativly tiny payroll gives them extraordinary flexibility. It is entirely possible that they could even leverage the situation to leverage more favorable parts and assembly contracts from others.