| Lingyis said: I don't know how this turned into a revenue vs profit thread... Whoever mentioned that Microsoft is a public company... so is Sony. So is Nintendo for that matter. Sony is under much more pressure to improve its bottom line, and it's fighting fierce battles on all fronts--entertainment, electronics, semiconductors, gaming. One poor quarter and Sony will be under tremendous pressure from shareholders--Sony has yet to turn around its saggin fortunes. $1ln in profit isn't gonna cut it for Sony. Hus: The entertainment division as you all know is a hit and miss affair. One hit (Spiderman) boosts short term income (a year or so) but that's about it. With a reported $250 mln budget let's just say it's a hit or any further discussion is pointless. The only company (aside from those big oils) that can lose billions in one division without it even being brought to the forefront is probably Microsoft. In fact, in Microsoft's case, they HAD to move into new arenas to diversify, since everybody knows they can't count on their position forever (maybe for another 10 years). Sony on the other hand, can afford to exit the console market if the losses pile up. Won't be Stringer (CEO) 's vision, but they are plenty diversified as is. In fact some shareholders already want to split up the company to "unlock" value. I think people know this--and some are secretly worried. It's an unnecessary worry because they're not gonna let the brand Playstation die, but it could mean budget cuts for PS3 game development if Sony's other divisions aren't propping up the profits--although at the time being, Sony's bottom line looks like it's improving thanks to electronics so Sony still has time to turn it around. |
have you been actually following anything??????
initially analysts predicted that SONY would not any profit at all .
They went on to beat that prediction and made 1.7 billion dollars as profit.
1.1 actually which is the net income.
MS doesnot have a bigger shareholder's equity than Sony.
SONY's stocks are at an all time high at 52.17
http://www.investorguide.com/stock-charts.cgi?ticker=SNE
Casino Royale alone earned Sony 400 + million dollars.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jamesbond21.htm
Sony's film division has yet to produce a flop since late 2005.
Ghostrider and Pursuit of Happiness have also earned around 300million for Sony.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pursuitofhappyness.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostrider.htm
Bravia is the no1 selling HD tv in the World
http://www.sony.co.id/news.htm,152
Spiderman 3 alone would earn Sony atleast 500 million dollars.
ps3 beats x360 6:1 in Japan.
In Europe it beats even the Wii.
The only console which is a failure is xbox 360. It has yet to reach the 10 million mark.
It sells 4k in England and 3k in Japan per week ..lol.
ps3 did quite well in March in NA because of Motorstorm , and God of war 2 might have already surpassed the 2m mark.
With games like Lair, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and clank, MGS 4, devil may cry 4 ps3 would take total control by the end of 2007.
