Should we be worried about SOE being sold?

[joeorc]

torok said:

Shiken said:

If you look at history though, that is a profitable area to invest the money because they are used by many different manufacturers and brands, not just Sony.  This could actually be a smart move for Sony as a parent company as long as they don't overestimate the demand.  Only time will tell though.

Yes, it is a smart move. They provide sensors for the top selling smart devices in the world, so they have to keep up with the demand. SOE was just a strange and out-of-place component while their sensor business trives.

I really do not think it WS such out of place, when Sony is cutting operational expenses. Like for example, in that very same press release, Sony is going to be closing down the Toshiba chip production plant they bought off of Toshiba a few years back. And as the report about john stating SOE has had a few rough years and that the 3 largest IP licence iP's ,Sony paid like starwars and DCUO for example did not generate as much profit as they would have liked. Sony even laid off people in two studios of SOE so selling it off would be better than the people getting laid off, don't you think?

I think they were looking to trim the fat so to speak of, they held out as long as they may have decided was reasonable. I think it had to do alot with what was a good fit for the Playstation platform as to continue to split further resource with Pc development while not really giving any real exclusive benefit to playstation platforms. 

When the Games in Question are on Pc's that pretty much means in this case the keys open anyway. That by very blunt terms means its multi-platform by core terms its already on non playstation hardware anyway already