| alpha_dk said: That's what I'm talking about. You don't think that's unrelated, do you? They're merging, which means that duplicate positions can be axed. Think PR, marketing, etc. Assets can be shared, etc. It's a minor type of cutting studios, but they went from 2 studios to 1, so.... |
It could well be related (it would be nice to know if that merge was already in the pipes). Merging the studios could be the first step towards downsizing it (besides the cost savings you mentioned). I also chose that option in the poll.
I believe they'll have to do much more unless SCE is somehow granted some special status at Sony during the recession. No PS3 price cuts until SCE is profitable comes to mind, and they may have to find some additional revenue sources too (charging for PSN would be too drastic).
@Bodhesatva: There must be some studios at Sony which aren't profitable or can be restructured to make them more profitable.
A big problem in predicting all this is that all the middle-of-the-road cost savings at SCE that I can see could have quite bad consequences too. That's why I'm not ruling out a more extreme measure such as discontinuing the PS3, although I don't think it will happen.
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