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SOE didn't really do much for PlayStation. All they have worth mentioning is EverQuest, DCUO, and maybe Planetside.



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VanceIX said:
Potentially. All I would say is to be weary over the next year or two. PS4 sales alone won't keep them afloat, and the rest of their markets are doing mediocre to bad.

Sigh.

Is that hard to do some research before making posts like this? PS4 sales are not the only thing making money for Sony. Not even close. Six out of nine Sony divisions were profitable last quarter. The fact that you think gaming is the only profitable market for Sony is hilarious. They're not even the most profitable division. Seriously, it took me five seconds on Google to find that information. 



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

CGcarmineCG said:

No, cause SOE wasn't SCE and didn't produce exclusive for console Playstation. Maybe with the money they gained, the' ll buy RaD or QD.


Or, build further a Mobile App studio and Rake in further profits along the lines of App Store Software Distro's.

Look the the SuperBowl ADD's for Gaming..what were they, mainly?

Yup Mobile Games. I would say, With Sony investing More on Software and Services "for" mobile devices, that is their Mobile Platform for Gaming. Hell that just may be what this Talks will be about in that event soon a new "initiative" to be for Sony and playstation



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SoE doesnt make incredible games. Its hardly a loss. Its actually money that can be better used on investing in new exclusive projects or up and rising developers.



Nem said:
SoE doesnt make incredible games. Its hardly a loss. Its actually money that can be better used on investing in new exclusive projects or up and rising developers.

Whispers sweet music to his ear's

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwkFor88ndFNfPj4aI1Ty3UtxZNKdAM4YVs2uVZQOjCswkf_Sh4A

In soft tone's "were going to make it Rain" some very Heavy Rain.



I AM BOLO

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joeorc said:
Nem said:
SoE doesnt make incredible games. Its hardly a loss. Its actually money that can be better used on investing in new exclusive projects or up and rising developers.

Whispers sweet music to his ear's

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwkFor88ndFNfPj4aI1Ty3UtxZNKdAM4YVs2uVZQOjCswkf_Sh4A

In soft tone's "were going to make it Rain" some very Heavy Rain.


Is that David cage? I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say.

Oh... is it the leader of SOE? Well... he should know that already. Its not easy to make a sucessful MMO and the days of everquest are far behind us. They are nothing compared to the WoW's, FF's, SWTOR's, EVE's, etc.



Nem sHeavy


Is that David cage? I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say.


Yeah, that's him..LOL



I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.

joeorc said:
Nem sHeavy


Is that David cage? I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say.


Yeah, that's him..LOL


Yeah... i edited the other post. You can't expect people to know developers face's. Its not the movies or TV. They dont get screen time.



joeorc said:
VanceIX said:
Potentially. All I would say is to be weary over the next year or two. PS4 sales alone won't keep them afloat, and the rest of their markets are doing mediocre to bad.


Why? You think Sony is going to go completely belly up?

Here is a point again I have been pointing out, the way Sony is cutting and down sizing there would not be massive employed payouts to workers in the 100 of thousands of people employees that work at Sony currently, Sony's playstation section is only less than 9000 people total!

Its not going to be the main area that would be let go, it would be other sections, thus cutting and trimming only helps Sony because it will shrink the overhead! When people seem to say, Sony cannot thrive being only a game company..why not?

 

Why cannot Sony become just a game and entertainment company that defines itself as "sony" being only/just that? People say it would be a shadow of its former self, and yet with a debt in 100's of millions, with a junk bond rating was yet again able to create a very fast selling game console. Hell cutting out now of the dedicated Game handheld sysytem space after the PSVita and move that to software/services on smartphones as mainly App store distributions, and PSNow, PSvue and Playstation Mobile releases along with indie focused games for smartphone will generated more profit than Sony could have ever made with a dedicated Game handheld. And still have a large % of the mobile game handheld market because like apple and google and samsung Sony could make games for those smartphone and indirectly compete with Nintendo.

 

As a matter of fact that will also mean more focus for living room console development because with the way the ps4 is selling sofar it seems that is where their real selling power for playstation as a platform is, the living room.

Sony isn't going to belly up, but their gaming and entertainment divisions are nowhere near their most important. They need their camera and phone ivisions to do better, since that's where hte big profit margin is.

Sony needs to get their stuff together and figure out what to do. Nintendo can get away with entertainment-only bussiness because they have such a huge profit margin on all their consoles and games. Sony and Microsoft don't have that, so their gaming core isn't going to keep them running.

Also, not sure if you noticed, but Sony's entertainment business is doing pretty terriblr too, after the hacks and all. Depending on that would be pure stupidity on their part.



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Nem said:
joeorc said:


Yeah, that's him..LOL


Yeah... i edited the other post. You can't expect people to know developers face's. Its not the movies or TV. They dont get screen time.

Sorry, your right..i was using the pic for comic effect, that was Sony's own Yoshida, so it looks  like he has his arms around Cage's waist and wispering something to cage..LOL

Just a funny angle the way the pic was taken...



I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.