| TheSource said: It's true that Sony is losing a lot of money, but don't be overdramatic with these figures. A company that brings in tens of billions of dollars per year and makes everything / provides nearly everything under the sun could simply sell off its fatty worthless parts to sustain the elements of the company that continue to provide useful goods and services. Sony also has another advantage, if a big war were to come to East Asia, you'd better believe that Sony would be thrust into a General Motors like roll, as they can make just about anything the Japanese government would want from them. That's probably a long way off but all the currency bullshit going on globally typically comes before really big wars since it prevents people from making enough money to live happily en masse. In theory its actually easier to defeat a company like Microsoft or Nintendo because they really only do one or two things well. If everyone started using phone OS and office software that wasn't made by Microsoft they'd be disrupted pretty severely, and if people stop liking Nintendo software, they'd be disruptable too. Problem is people like Windows, Office, Mario & Pokemon and no one has really figured out how to stop people from liking those things. |
Sony never was the biggest electronic company in Japan so if your far fetched idea of a big war coming to East Asia the Japanses government wouldn't go with Sony as the GM like role. Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) and Toshiba would get the job before Sony even Mitsubishi would get the job before Sony. Actually the would be the best choice because they are the Japanese equivalent of GE in the U.S. and Samsung in South Korea they pretty much have the production capactiy to build everything.
