Good decision on sony. They are dealing with their loss leading divisions by taking it out of sony's financials finally leaving sony with
Music/TV/Movies: Strong profit maker, Sony is #1 in music, entertainment division usually nets sony $1 billion a year in profit.
Financials: Sony's strongest profit maker at around $1.5-2 billion a year.
Digital Imaging: Professional and Consumer products developed. Its sensors are used by other smartphone companies including apple. Its revolutionary alpha and nex line are hurting canon and nikon. Money to be made with new investment in pro medical grade equipment. I can say maybe a healthy $100-200 million a year
Games: Need I say more :p New Gen profits should be from $500 million to $1 billion a year.
Phone: It's a 60/40 sony is #3 in smartphone revenue though after apple and samsung and their xperia line are making some big gains. The z1 compact is the best compact android phone period and when it comes out will sell really strong imo. They are putting a lot of risk into it but i think smartphones will help sony's bottom line quite a bit. Its gonna be anywhere from a couple of $100 million in loss to $1 billion+ in profit depending on success/failure.
Overall Sony with all of its profitable divisions come out to making $4-5 billion in profits a year. That's a healthy company so Sony isn't going anywhere. Now all they need to do is capitalize on this opportunity.
*profit estimation are from Sony's past financials and potential future market.
