SpokenTruth said:
binary solo said:
SpokenTruth said:
Not so much beating MS but many people believe that the company as a whole is financially sound just because the PS4 is selling well. And on the other side many people think that Nintendo is either near bankrupt or going to be forced to merge/go 3rd party just because the Wii U isn't selling well.
The point is that the true health of either of those companies cannot be judged solely on the success of failure of their current products but a lot of people do just that. You have to assess their solvency. How much liability and debt they carry against how much cash and assets they hold.
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Sony is financially sound. It has a net worth of $22 billion according to your table, which is more than the Assets+cash and short term investments of Nintendo. So people believe Sony is financially sound, because it actually is.
But it's not just where each company is sitting at this moment in time, it's about which direction they are going. Is the net worth getting bigger or smaller?Once you know that, then you have an idea of risk.
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Sony Total Assets:
2012 - $162 Billion
2013 - $151 Billion
2014 - $149 Billion
2015 - $132 Billion
Sony Total Liabilities:
2012 - $131 Billion
2013 - $123 Billion
2014 - $122 Billion
2015 - $108 Billion.
Sony Net Worth:
2012 - $31 Billion
2013 - $28 Billion
2014 - $27 Billion
2015 - $24 Billion
Sony Total Debt:
2012 - $3.5 Billion
2013 - $2.1 Billion
2014 - $3.2 Billion
2015 - $18 Billion
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Can you source these numbers?
