happydolphin said:
@1st para, how do you know? @last para, on TV losses. You don't know that. It could be that they need to do both, because the losses are just that considerable. I.e. they would need the TV business sorted out, and they would also need to shut down the game studio. The performance of one division affects that of another within Sony, it is a system of many interdependent parts, from a financial PoV. PS would not exist without the success of the Walkman for example, and the same can be said about the failures. Just common sense, right? |
1) Common sense. Big corporations do not shut down popular assets of their business on a whim. They will have though about this quite considerably, justified the decision etc.
2) Sony's financial statements (which are audited so that they are reasonably fair, true, accurate) let us know that the big losses are coming from the TV business. SCE has made profit not too long ago times and it's recent loss was probably primarily due to falling demand across the gaming industry and lower than expected Vita sales - not because it has too many studios.
And of course Sony's divisions affect each other, but big TV losses do not directly lead to one game studio getting shut down. Also consider that this move will no doubt cost them more in the short term...
Trust me, this isn't a quick-fix to help the financials.
