it makes perfect sense. Sony are not like MS where they have a massive money spinner in Windows that will offset any loss leaders or low profit divisions. So they must have decided that now was a good time to sell. It has a lot of potential but they obviously feel the price offered is more than they will make from SOE going forward. SOE after this sale will likely have been a very profitiable investment for Sony. 

loool, this almost feels like trolling.

it would be funny if it was true. They were not the first to sell off or close down an irrelevant part of their overall gaming strategy. 

Is DayZ not a good DayZ type game? (honest question, i've never played it or H1Z1).

Oh, that's nice to hear. It was getting a lot of negatve reception from its Early Access.

Good news! I dont have to use my uncomfortable DS4 to play PlanetSide 2 on consoles.

Its quickly become one of the most watched Twitch games and seems to be staying there. This is pretty much how Heartstone became insanely popular overnight.

Negative reception on early access means shit when millions of people are watching other people have tons of fun with the game.

"irrelevant" LOL

I wonder how many posts it took on page one for that narrative to start.

Anyways, it's funny to me. Hope that helps.

They need mobile more than they need Xbox.

This include iOS, Android and maybe Windows phone. Sony has lost it foothold on PC and it can´t afford make software that would catter for its mobile competitors.

Selling SOE makes a lot of sense.

Thats a good question. I dont know. It just seems like H1Z1 has become pretty popular on Twitch, and its support hasnt wanned yet which is weird. It must be doing something right.

Also development on  DayZ seems to be going really slow.