Sony Dismisses Sony Pictures and PlayStation Merger Rumours

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LivingMetal on 13 December 2016

Aura7541 said:

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaattt...?

I. am. not. joking.

My fantasies have been shattered...

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Darwinianevolution on 13 December 2016

kowenicki said:

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What? Whas that a thing? Why would Sony merge one of its most important divissions with one that keeps struggling to find continued success year after year?

Operating Income. Gaming first and Pictures second.

2011 29.3 34.1

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To be fair, those years were the end of the PS3 and PSP lifecycle and the developement and release of both Vita and PS4. Soooo... :P

I don't know, after the failure of the Spiderman Reboot movies, the amount of reboots they do and specially the PR dissaster that was the Ghostbuster movies, I don't see how Sony Pictures can be considered anything but unstable. What was the last big solid hit Sony Pictures got, both critically and finantially?

You know it deserves the GOTY.

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ArchangelMadzz on 13 December 2016

If it's true they're not going to say yes. But they wouldn't also out right deny it.

They usually wouldn't comment or give some weird answer. But they were clear here.

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LurkerJ on 13 December 2016

Aura7541 said:
Considering the Ghostbusters debacle and now, having Amy Schumer playing as Barbie... yeah, let's keep Playstation and Sony Pictures separate.

I get why there was a ghostbusters debacle but what's the debacle behind Barbie?

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RJ_Sizzle on 13 December 2016

Wow. I thought they wanted PlayStation to be successful. Sony Pictures the chicken pox of the movie world, always infecting a new round of cinema.

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LurkerJ said:

Aura7541 said:
Considering the Ghostbusters debacle and now, having Amy Schumer playing as Barbie... yeah, let's keep Playstation and Sony Pictures separate.

I get why there was a ghostbusters debacle but what's the debacle behind Barbie?

Assuming the same debacle whenever a casting happens for superhero movie or other known properties.

She doesn't look like Barbie. He doesn't look like Batman. They whitewashed the part. They didn't cast a white person to play this person.

Ect.

When isn't there an outcry on a casting choice?

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LurkerJ said:

Aura7541 said:
Considering the Ghostbusters debacle and now, having Amy Schumer playing as Barbie... yeah, let's keep Playstation and Sony Pictures separate.

I get why there was a ghostbusters debacle but what's the debacle behind Barbie?