Microsoft should consider selling Xbox and Bing businesses, says key analyst

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DirtyP2002 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

forest-spirit said:
Sell Xbox? Brilliant idea. And Sony should sell PlayStation...

The Playstation brand is helping Sony, which is why Sony dedicates so much to it. The shareholders believe in the Playstation brand. As I've said before, MS shareholders can't stand the Xbox because they believe for years its plagued the interest of the direction of the company. MS makes a business of monopolizing OS and if they aren't doing that full time the investors are not happy. They are so glad Zune is gone though, but MS wasn't even listening to them on that.

This is bs. Shareholders and investors invest in a company for one single reason: PROFIT.
Why is it that you guys always think that Sony is not all about the money?

Do you even know the major shareholders of Sony?

1. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account) – (7.0%)
2. Moxley and Company (depositary bank for ADRs) – (6.7%)
3. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) – (5.1%)
4. SSBT OD05 Omnibus China Treaty 808150 – (2.4%)
5. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account 9) – (2.1%)
6. State Street Bank and Trust Company – (1.2%)
7. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account 1) – (1.0%)
8. State Street Bank and Trust Company 505225 – (1.0%)
9. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account 6) – (0.9%)
10. Mellon Bank (for Mellon Omnibus US Pension) – (0.9%)

SSBT OD05 Omnibus China Treaty 808150 is believed to be a Chinese government-affiliated investment fund.

As you can see: Banks and investment companies own Sony. Nobody of them gives a *beeeep* about the Playstation and its fanbase.

Yes, Playstation is so irrelevant to the business that where is Kaz Hirai now in Sony corp in stature after saving the PS3? Look up the history of the Playstation, because shareholders laughed at the concept of  videogame console. The first gen changed their minds about gaming when Playstation dominated the industry and helped push spread formats allowing the market prices of said formats to be affordable to the masses, thus selling more outside the Playstation brand. The Playstation brand has been a shining light in a gloomy time for Sony as a company and its high time whether you like them or not that you realize this. Shareholders of Sony has long since accepted the Playstations place in the company and Sony is a far stretching media and technology company. Playstation fits in just fine. Its MS that are having problems with their stockholders. MS doesn't listen to them and probably never will.