"And this is a serious problem not least because in Japan, what pushes Sony consoles are RPGs. But these are games that aren’t technically demanding: they could easily be mobile apps. And if that makes more money, they’ll defect to Android and iOS in droves."

Oh boy, this guy knows what he's talking about.

It's not even doomed. It's toast.

I don't get why journalists are so fearful of Apple getting into the gaming biz. They're all about casual use: iPhone, iPad, iPod - they're all very simple to use. Hardcore games are by definition NOT easy to use/play! It's H-A-R-D C-O-R-E. they might make a casual console (like the Wii was/is) but they'd rely souly on 3rd party: no core gamer would abandon NinSonySoft for some fruit ninjas or angry birds console. That piece of shit really would be a piece of shit console.

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Ya right this article is ridiculous sony as a corporation has alot of assets. There number one business is PSN it is a cash cow for them. Why in the hell would they aquire Gakai or whatever its called for cloud gaming if there hurting so bad. Again Sony is a huge corporation with alot of reserve assets and cash. Im not saying the Vita not doing well is hurting them right now. Remember they have made alot of money off of PS2 sales which is still selling well in 3rd world markets.PSP has also done well. PS3 will sell like hotcakes when the new slim comes out. Remember Sony is global not just United states. There entrenched worldwide people tend to forget that.Also Vita means "life" in code. PS4 codename "Orbis" means circle. Hence" Circle of life". Sony has big plans for PS4 it is how they deliver and what they deliver that will count.

casual gamers will jump to the next console after some years to play new games. as if they would never buy a new product because their old one still works. people buy new toasters (lol), cars and everything new after some years even if it still works because they want something new. it's not like they think after 10 years that they will never want something new to play games even if it's only about kinect sport or wii fit.

it's the hardcore gamers who still use old consoles not the casual gamers^^

I think it's because Sony's business model has always required them to sell to the masses - casual and hardcore - in order to work. PS1 and PS2 were very profitable - because they sold over 100M units each. PS3 is still on pace to lose money throughout the course of it's life (or it MAY break even by the end). Which is crazy for a system that's sold 65M units, and likely to sell 100M. The 360 overall is likely to be more profitable than the PS1 or PS2, but it will never eclipse, or even approach, their total unit sales. Were apple to throw their hat into the ring, it erodes Sony's marketshare even further - something their business model's have been thus far unable to handle.

Toasters toast bread and burn toast.

Yes, I'm looking forward to playing single player games with lag and lots of compression artifacts while paying extra for higher bandwidth caps.
Or I could keep playing sub 720p games with screen tearing on my 2160p set I'll get in a couple of years.

They're certainly doomed if they don't release a new console. After playing a couple multiplats for $7.50 each in actual 1080p on my 3 year old pc it is hard to go back to the old toasters.

Really the point for me that is most prevelant is the last. Sony bought Gaikai. Their hardware loses money. Avoid money losing hardware by putting your games directly onto your TVs. Adds more value to Sony TVs if they are the only device to play Sony games on (then buy a Xbox 720 or WiiU to play on it too)