What would it take exactly for the seriousness of the situation to sink in for some of you? Does someone have to say that there is a real chance of Sony going bankrupt next year? Do you need to be told that the total liabilities of the company could exceed total assets in a matter of months? Do you need to have it pointed out that Sony is in a death spiral, and those are most often not recoverable? The end result is usually a collision with the ground this is reality. Tell me what it is you need to be told?

Oh. most people would have ignore this. They know that Sony is a good brand.

Agreed. The quicker Sony adjusts to the situation it's now in, the faster it'll get itself out of this mess. So far, Sony has done a decent job at making changes, though I hope the company won't just stop there.

Also junk.

Junk bonds refer to any bond with a credit rating below investment grade.

Another word for it is a speculative bond.

Basically junk status means it's not worth holding for conservative longterm investment goals and is a big risk unless hedged properly.

Can someone tell me why these purely flamebait posts that add nothing to the discussion go unmoderated?  Well, reported.

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+++1 from me!! 

Fertilizer

They're almost there.

I can't believe some people support the trolls on N4G.

what do you think will happen if Sony shuts down all operation, it will only leave Microsoft and Nintendo as console manufacturer's and none of you see the real problem with this, its the same problem with the PC if AMD went out of the market Intel would be able to demand what they like for their CPU's and the consumer would have no choice but pay what ever price they demand as there would be no competition, like wise if Sony went out of the console market Microsoft would only have Nintendo as competition and as the Wii U is not aimed at the same market as the xbox Microsoft would then have a monopoly and charge what they like and us consumers would have no choice but pay what they demand, it's your choice at the end of the day either chose to be a gamer or chose to have a monopoly i know what i would chose its that easy.

TO BE A GAMER.

r3tr0gam3r1337 said: what do you think will happen if Sony shuts down all operation, it will only leave Microsoft and Nintendo as console manufacturer's and none of you see the real problem with this, its the same problem with the PC if AMD went out of the market Intel would be able to demand what they like for their CPU's and the consumer would have no choice but pay what ever price they demand as there would be no competition, like wise if Sony went out of the console market Microsoft would only have Nintendo as competition and as the Wii U is not aimed at the same market as the xbox Microsoft would then have a monopoly and charge what they like and us consumers would have no choice but pay what they demand, it's your choice at the end of the day either chose to be a gamer or chose to have a monopoly i know what i would chose its that easy. TO BE A GAMER.

Maybe, just maybe, the market isn't big enough for 3.

"if Sony went out of the console market Microsoft would only have Nintendo as competition and as the Wii U is not aimed at the same market as the xbox Microsoft would then have a monopoly and charge what they like and us consumers would have no choice but pay what they demand"

Sony was the one asking US$600,00 for a videogame when the PS3  was launched.

Remember E3 2006 when Kaz Hirai announced the PS3 price? He said "you must to take risks to reach the rewards".

That's Sony's reward right there.