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Forums - Sales - Wall Street Journal on Sony.... Ouch!!!

alfredofroylan on 29 December 2008

This's not the typical fanboy article, this's a pretty deep financial report on Sony's current status... and it's pretty harsh.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123050978162738293.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

And you can check the complete article (if you're not a WSJ suscritor) in GAF

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347094



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yushire on 29 December 2008

not a fanboy thread and yet you post the link of gaf? Not compute :P



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

leatherhat on 29 December 2008

Looks like sony game division is really bouncing back from 06 to me



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Time for hype

alfredofroylan on 29 December 2008
yushire said:
not a fanboy thread and yet you post the link of gaf? Not compute :P

Because is the only site that has the article complete and free. Remember that the WSJ is a subscrition newspaper and if you're not a subscriptor you can't read it complete on the WSJ site.

 



Shadow)OS on 29 December 2008

"Ouch" is an understatement. That article is a very grim reality check to all those people still saying PS3 has a chance. And I still hear some people talking about a PS4...

I remember someone here saying a line something similar to "PS3 was the sacrificial lamb to Blu-Ray". I can't help but agree with that remark now.

Well Sony isn't KO'd yet, but I'll be damned if the ref isn't counting.



By life end:

  • Wii- 100 million+
  • Xbox360- 35~40 million
  • PS3- 30 million
  • PSP- 30~32 million ------------- FAILURE
  • NDS- 85~90 million (Skeptical)  - FAILURE
  • NDS- 100 million+ (Optimistic) -- Success!

 

 

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kn on 29 December 2008

Though 06 is "Ouch", the trend is quite positive. It would be nice to go back and see what the "pattern" looks like in the gaming division for the previous years...

Let's just see how things pan out for Sony considering they "held the line" on pricing the PS3 this holiday in hopes of getting back to profitability.



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Systems I currently own:  360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong.  Yes, Pong.

Cthulhu on 29 December 2008

lol those Wii owners really worry about Sony afterall...ohhhh you guys



alfredofroylan on 29 December 2008
Cthulhu said:
lol those Wii owners really worry about Sony afterall...ohhhh you guys

.... I own a PS3

 



--OkeyDokey-- on 29 December 2008

Well atleast it's improving...
The gaming division should be profitable next year if this continues.



saicho on 29 December 2008

At least the loss for the gaming division is smaller than from previous two years and Sony as a whole has a chance to be profitable at the end of the year



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.