Corporate Health of Sony, Nintendo and MS

[DonFerrari]

Swordmasterman said:

SpokenTruth said:

I'm sorry. I'd like to answer your question but I'm not really certain what your asking. 

Someone said (i dont remember if was you), that Sony's finance were this.

2012,Loss

2013, Loss

2014, 100 Millions Profit

2015, 200 Millions Profit.

but in 2015, they were reporting more than 200 Millions of profit per quarter, and on Q2, they reported 280+ Millions of Profit.

He said generic corporation, but he could be infering to Sony, I just don't remember their losses on 2012 and 2013 being that big, but if he counted from 2000 to 2013 there would be even more losses.

KLAMarine said:

DonFerrari said:

The probability of a company surviving isn't equal to the probability of keeping everyone employed this is why your math on that wasn't meaning much.

But employee salaries are a natural expense for any business during normal operation. I imagine the assets/employee ratio would be at the very least a decent indicator of corporate health. Of course it's not the only indicator but if you have other ideas, please feel free to suggest other possible indicators.

DonFerrari said:

Japanese government didn't jump to sabe a branch (and they sold it, didn't just bombed it), which is different from saving a company as a whole.

Sony's salvation in case of "disaster" is still dependent on IF the Japanese government wants to bailout Sony in case of failure.

It's a indication of their health, but keeping the jobs isn't a necessity to keep the company afloat. But certainly depending on the costs to fire an employee it may hold more or less significance.

Yes it would depend on the governement, but if they are big enough they have more weight to pressure.