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NJ5 on 27 November 2008
Cthulhu said:
Neoraf said:
I'm talking about SCEE. The gaming division.
I don't think Sony is going to die, I think Sony will get out of the console market.

When? Only time will tell.
Microsoft is far too strong, far too aggressive.

No, sony is not getting out. PSP2, PS4 are on the works

And why is good for the gamers if sony is out?

I agree Microsoft is aggressive

 

Sony will get out of some markets next year unless they get really lucky, you can quote me on that. Whether the gaming division will be one of the victims or not, that only Sony knows. But no business suffers a ~20% decline in revenue without tightening the belt (especially not one with 1% profit margins).

If you don't believe it now, just wait until January the 31st.

 



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CaptDS9E on 27 November 2008

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Cthulhu on 27 November 2008
NJ5 said:
Cthulhu said:
Neoraf said:
I'm talking about SCEE. The gaming division.
I don't think Sony is going to die, I think Sony will get out of the console market.

When? Only time will tell.
Microsoft is far too strong, far too aggressive.

No, sony is not getting out. PSP2, PS4 are on the works

And why is good for the gamers if sony is out?

I agree Microsoft is aggressive

 

Sony will get out of some markets next year unless they get really lucky, you can quote me on that. Whether the gaming division will be one of the victims or not, that only Sony knows. But no business suffers a ~20% decline in revenue without tightening the belt (especially not one with 1% profit margins).

If you don't believe it now, just wait until January the 31st.

 

ok then RIP PS3 RIP SCEE RIP PSP starting by January 31st. Around killzone2 release....maybe killzone will make it out,,,no hope for GT5, sad just sad.

 



NJ5 on 27 November 2008
Cthulhu said:

ok then RIP PS3 RIP SCEE RIP PSP starting by January 31st. Around killzone2 release....maybe killzone will make it out,,,no hope for GT5, sad just sad.

 

Twisting my words already? Typical overreaction...

 



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Cthulhu on 27 November 2008
NJ5 said:
Cthulhu said:

ok then RIP PS3 RIP SCEE RIP PSP starting by January 31st. Around killzone2 release....maybe killzone will make it out,,,no hope for GT5, sad just sad.

 

Twisting my words already? Typical overreaction...

 

No not at all, it was only a little joke

 



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BengaBenga on 27 November 2008

If Sony will cut in the game division, it will probably be selling game studio's first.
No way in hell they'll drop SCE, it has been too successfull in the past to just drop after two years. And PSP is doing fine. It would be very ironical if Sony were the one to cut its console business to go handheld only. Not that I expect that btw.
But first party software support could be dwindling fast, as already seen by the scrapping of Eight Days and The Getaway 3.



NJ5 on 27 November 2008
BengaBenga said:
If Sony will cut in the game division, it will probably be selling game studio's first.
No way in hell they'll drop SCE, it has been too successfull in the past to just drop after two years. And PSP is doing fine. It would be very ironical if Sony were the one to cut its console business to go handheld only. Not that I expect that btw.
But first party software support could be dwindling fast, as already seen by the scrapping of Eight Days and The Getaway 3.


It's hard to speculate on what they would cut.

If I had to guess, I'd say they'd rather cut their music publishing and phone business than their gaming business. The question is if cutting those two off would be enough (along with cost savings in every division).

Things are eerily silent from Sony's execs lately, with no significant announcements since the last quarter ended (well except for the raising of prices in the UK). It's the calm before the storm. Actually it's not just Sony, I guess businesses want to keep the masses' morale up as much as possible for maximum holiday sales. Until next year, it's business as usual as far as possible, so get out these wallets and spend! :P

 



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Galaki on 27 November 2008
NJ5 said:

so get out these wallets and spend! :P

 

We're good at spending what we don't have. Rest asure, we'll surely spend.



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.:Dark Prince:. on 27 November 2008
Ender said:
FishyJoe said:
leo-j said:
woopah said:
wii numbers drop? so either stores hoarding for black friday or consumers waiting for black friday

 

The wii is IN STOCK at every retailer right now, so i doubt the retailers are holding anything back.

 

Amazon stopped selling them a few days ago. Walmart only has expensive bundles on their website. Target's site is out of stock too I think.

 

Yeah, this is telling a different story:

 

http://wiitracker.com/

 

 

You do realize that only 1 of those retailers is selling the Wii without bundled software or accessories at the MSRP, right?



 

Tyrannical on 27 November 2008
BengaBenga said:
If Sony will cut in the game division, it will probably be selling game studio's first.
No way in hell they'll drop SCE, it has been too successfull in the past to just drop after two years. And PSP is doing fine. It would be very ironical if Sony were the one to cut its console business to go handheld only. Not that I expect that btw.
But first party software support could be dwindling fast, as already seen by the scrapping of Eight Days and The Getaway 3.

 

 Maybe they'd sell their games division. It's not unusal for a company to  "spin" off a division in hard times

EA or Acti-Blizzard could be interested in it if the chance arose. Maybe even an oddball like Toshiba or IBM, both Cell partners.



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