Taz42 on 18 October 2007
| kn said: I also think it is interesting that Sony got out of the RSX and Cell business and "recouped" some cash in the process. That money could technically be put right to the bottom line of the entertainment biz since technically this is all PS3-related. That would help offset losses rather significantly. |
Selling part of the manufacturing business does help their cash situation, but it doesn't translate directly into a positive on the bottom line.
For example, if the factory asset was valued at $1 billion and they sold it for $1 billion, the total worth of all assets in the company will remain the same. It is simply a conversion that does nothing for the result.
Now if they take that $1 billion and spend it, they will have added a billion is losses to the bottom line.
