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attaboy said:
Dulfite said:

Just out of curiosity, if Sony goes under and has to sell/auction off it's assets, would the playstation branch be able to purchase themselves and become independent or would they have to be bought by someone with a ton of money?

 

If the latter, then the only kind of company that has that much extra cash floating around, that has been building up it's cash reserves for years, is Nintendo. Microsoft's xbox division is apparently losing money for MS (according to a bunch of reports/false reports/I don't know) and rumors are mounting that they may sell their xbox branch in order to focus on profits associated with OS's and office packages, so they are unlikely to try purchasing Playstation brand if Playstation is sold from Sony. SEGA won't (and doesn't have enough money). I could see Apple possibly doing it (possibly in order to prevent Nintendo from becoming dominant and/or to stick it to Microsoft). I can't see anyone else having the ability.

Seriously people, the reality is Sony could very well go under. Playstation is very successful for them but it doesn't come close to offsetting their other problems. I think the discussion of where playstation games will be played at in the future is a interesting discussion to be had.


It would be kinda scary to think of Sony pulling a Dreamcast (amazing device at the time) where, despite doing virtually everything right, the console owners suffer because of financial problems of the company.  It's pretty easy to forget Sony's credit/monetary problems of 2012 after the insanely warm reception the PS4 has been receiving from every direction.  I'm sure Sony will still be here for years to come and consumers are confident in the brand, but reading the OP makes you wonder.  Are gamers being a little too optimistic?


Gamers optimism is for PS4 not necessarily Sony and certainly not their financials . Your average gamer has ZERO knowledge on Sony's financials...hell even gamers on the internet/forums arent really clued up about that stuff. I guess we are different in that we are a sales site so naturally we talk more about these things.

So yeah I think the optimism is justified. Imagine if gamers wernt positive about the PS4 despite everything Sony has done. Now that would be troubling.



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