BigBoobieHead said:
rf40928 said:
HAHA
I have to admit PS3 enjoyed a surge in sales the last 7 months or so thans to their PS3 slim and lower cost.. but you know.. it really looks like the benefits of that surge will soon be deleted by Microsoft who has done the same thing. Their slim XB360 looks like its sales will benefit it tremendously now through the holiday season... combine that with upcoming platinum selling titles.. up coming Halo reach ( 8 weeks to go and already more then 115K preordered) and up coming Gears of War..
I don't know why Sony fanboys alays make a big deal of the PS3's sales numbers, to be quite frank all that matters is they are no longer number one, they no longer have control of the best game developers ( which is why you find the best titles available on other consoles and not just theirs ) and the real kicker is Microsoft is getting real big dollars from XB LIVE with 23 million members ( back in like 2007 it was like 7 million) and they keep making it better..and usable to real people in day to day life by adding things like ESPN coming soon.. they had Netflix on their an entire year before the mighty Sony added it.. You'd think Sony with all their movie buddies and bluray would've been all over it, but they are showing that success truely is a menace ( as Bill Gates said ).. it fools smart people into beleiving they can't fail.. Sony got cocky.. they also lost alot of sale sin their consumer electronics divisions. Anyone see how much they lost in computers compared to 5 yrs ago?
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What matters is profit and market share, quite frankly. Sony and MS have both failed here.
Spin is everything by the way.
You may say 'Anyone see how much they lost in computers compared to 5 yrs ago?'
I may say 'Sony has just came through one of their toughest periods ever without much loss and are now back to profit'
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Economy huh ?
Every year Forbes ranks companies by their worth. Last year (2009) Sony market rank was #82, they have dropped to #421 in 2010! Most of their divisions are IN THE RED.. Yes that means a loss !! In the same time Microsoft was #49 (2009) , and they are .. still #49 (2010) !! They gross revenue is mostly equal to Microsofts, but they evidentally have much more loss !! In the last 12 months Sony net income( money in the bank) was a mere 140K US dollars versus 18Million for Microsoft.
Sony's computer and PS3 division operated at a loss this year of 87 billion.. actually all division of Sony were bailed out by Sony's Financial Services Division, which was the only division to make any real money. ** referenced in this informative article**
http://247wallst.com/2010/05/13/sony-earnings-and-prospects-still-dismal-time-to-break-it-up/
