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VGPolyglot on 01 November 2017
KBG29 said:
Now they just need to kill off Xperia, and start building Phones, Tablets, and a Handheld using the PS4 tech and OS. The rest of the company is doing quite well. Good news for Sony, Great news for Developers, and Outstanding news for Gamers. More money, means more games, bigger budgets, new hardware, and more innovation/risk. Look forward to seeing what all these profits turn into!

I don't think PS4 phones or tablets would do very well. Apple already has those markets cornered.



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KBG29 on 01 November 2017
IkePoR said:
KBG29 said:
Now they just need to kill off Xperia, and start building Phones, Tablets, and a Handheld using the PS4 tech and OS. The rest of the company is doing quite well. Good news for Sony, Great news for Developers, and Outstanding news for Gamers. More money, means more games, bigger budgets, new hardware, and more innovation/risk. Look forward to seeing what all these profits turn into!

I'm still concerned about the movie division and tv manufactoring as well.  Do they still make tv's?  

Shout outs to Microsoft for doing it's part too.  After all, where might the PS4 be if not for Don and those boys Microsofting the Xbox One up?

As others have said, they have started to make money in both divisions, but they definitely could do better. I fully believe that more unification is needed to grow. Their premium TV's should be using the PS4 OS and APU, and the movie studio should be doing more work on Movie and TV tie ins to the game IP. Sony has a deep library of likeable characters from SCIWWS that could be very successful in video.

VGPolyglot said:
KBG29 said:
Now they just need to kill off Xperia, and start building Phones, Tablets, and a Handheld using the PS4 tech and OS. The rest of the company is doing quite well. Good news for Sony, Great news for Developers, and Outstanding news for Gamers. More money, means more games, bigger budgets, new hardware, and more innovation/risk. Look forward to seeing what all these profits turn into!

I don't think PS4 phones or tablets would do very well. Apple already has those markets cornered.

No doubt that Apple and Google are the goliaths of the mobile world. Sony can not compete on a sales level, but those 3.4M Xperia Phones they sold would have had massively increased value if they were running on PS4 tech, the PS4  OS, and getting content through PS Store instead of Android and Google Play.

I know the tech for a full fledged PS4  Handheld or Phone is not there yet, but when it becomes viabke it is something that needs serious consideration. Expanding their OS, Store Font, Software, and Services to more form factors will be vital to contined growth and success.



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VGPolyglot on 01 November 2017
KBG29 said:

VGPolyglot said:

I don't think PS4 phones or tablets would do very well. Apple already has those markets cornered.

No doubt that Apple and Google are the goliaths of the mobile world. Sony can not compete on a sales level, but those 3.4M Xperia Phones they sold would have had massively increased value if they were running on PS4 tech, the PS4  OS, and getting content through PS Store instead of Android and Google Play.

I know the tech for a full fledged PS4  Handheld or Phone is not there yet, but when it becomes viabke it is something that needs serious consideration. Expanding their OS, Store Font, Software, and Services to more form factors will be vital to contined growth and success.

Are you the person who wanted numerous PS4 revisions from the high-end to the low-end?



Ruler on 01 November 2017

Would be great if they put some of that money and made some useful things like BC and more PS4 system software updates, instead: nothing



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ShadowSoldier on 01 November 2017

I remember all the SONY IS DOOMED threads on here couple years back.



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Aeolus451 on 01 November 2017

That's very good news. It only means that Sony will only invest more heavily into Playstation than before.



COKTOE on 01 November 2017
IkePoR said:
KBG29 said:
Now they just need to kill off Xperia, and start building Phones, Tablets, and a Handheld using the PS4 tech and OS. The rest of the company is doing quite well. Good news for Sony, Great news for Developers, and Outstanding news for Gamers. More money, means more games, bigger budgets, new hardware, and more innovation/risk. Look forward to seeing what all these profits turn into!

I'm still concerned about the movie division and tv manufactoring as well.  Do they still make tv's?  

Shout outs to Microsoft for doing it's part too.  After all, where might the PS4 be if not for Don and those boys Microsofting the Xbox One up?

They make pretty highly rated TV's, and that division has returned to profitabilty recently.

-edit. Whoops. I see this was already answered multiple times.



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KBG29 on 02 November 2017
VGPolyglot said:
KBG29 said:

No doubt that Apple and Google are the goliaths of the mobile world. Sony can not compete on a sales level, but those 3.4M Xperia Phones they sold would have had massively increased value if they were running on PS4 tech, the PS4  OS, and getting content through PS Store instead of Android and Google Play.

I know the tech for a full fledged PS4  Handheld or Phone is not there yet, but when it becomes viabke it is something that needs serious consideration. Expanding their OS, Store Font, Software, and Services to more form factors will be vital to contined growth and success.

Are you the person who wanted numerous PS4 revisions from the high-end to the low-end?

I would like to see a Premium tier PlayStation that could complement Sony's top tier Audio and Video equipment. I think a PlayStation only sold at high end retailers, that delivers equivalent power to the top single GPU PC would be a very nice addition. Not a device that will sell a lot, nor would it be highly supported, but it would fill a small niche that is willing to pay. 

At the mass consumer level, I think at least one more PS4 should be released before PS5, around 8 -10 Tflops with 16GB of RAM, at $399.99 in 2019 would be a perfect send off to PS4.

I think Sony should have PlayStation devices from $100 - $1,500, covering the ultra casual to the A/V enthusiast. expanding beyond Home, to mobile, wearable, and transportation. 

Sony already covers all of these markets, but they lack direction. If they unify everything, and march towards a core goal, they would be able to increase unit sales and value of all of their products.



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Noobie on 02 November 2017
ArchangelMadzz said:
Zach808 said:
Wait... This means the Emoji movie actually made Sony a ton of money.
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R.I.P. film industry.

Just checked.. $160 million profit from the movie... Fuck sake. 

I doubt Emoji movie made ton of money, because they gave credit for the profit to Spiderman movie only. So Dark Tower, Emoji and other efforts of Movie division didnt made any meaningful impact on the bottom line. 



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Keybladewielder on 02 November 2017

Oh wow, that's amazing. Really a turn around from the dark days of the PS3.