Sony profits rise 346% thanks to strong performance from PlayStation

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IkePoR said:

KBG29 said:
Now they just need to kill off Xperia, and start building Phones, Tablets, and a Handheld using the PS4 tech and OS. The rest of the company is doing quite well. Good news for Sony, Great news for Developers, and Outstanding news for Gamers. More money, means more games, bigger budgets, new hardware, and more innovation/risk. Look forward to seeing what all these profits turn into!

I'm still concerned about the movie division and tv manufactoring as well.  Do they still make tv's?  

Shout outs to Microsoft for doing it's part too.  After all, where might the PS4 be if not for Don and those boys Microsofting the Xbox One up?

As others have said, they have started to make money in both divisions, but they definitely could do better. I fully believe that more unification is needed to grow. Their premium TV's should be using the PS4 OS and APU, and the movie studio should be doing more work on Movie and TV tie ins to the game IP. Sony has a deep library of likeable characters from SCIWWS that could be very successful in video.

VGPolyglot said:

KBG29 said:
Now they just need to kill off Xperia, and start building Phones, Tablets, and a Handheld using the PS4 tech and OS. The rest of the company is doing quite well. Good news for Sony, Great news for Developers, and Outstanding news for Gamers. More money, means more games, bigger budgets, new hardware, and more innovation/risk. Look forward to seeing what all these profits turn into!

I don't think PS4 phones or tablets would do very well. Apple already has those markets cornered.

No doubt that Apple and Google are the goliaths of the mobile world. Sony can not compete on a sales level, but those 3.4M Xperia Phones they sold would have had massively increased value if they were running on PS4 tech, the PS4  OS, and getting content through PS Store instead of Android and Google Play.

I know the tech for a full fledged PS4  Handheld or Phone is not there yet, but when it becomes viabke it is something that needs serious consideration. Expanding their OS, Store Font, Software, and Services to more form factors will be vital to contined growth and success.