Its amazing how quickly things change. Its ironic that hardware pricing taught the same lesson to Sony this time that former gen. taught Nintendo.

Sony products in general are overpriced and this is not the best position to be in when recovering from an economic disaster. They deserve what they get, especially after taking down Sega and almost taking down Nintendo.

VGC a casual sales tracking site.

You seriously think that Sony is going to drop out of making game consoles?

At the current rate, yes.

I'm sure their investors aren't too pleased. PS3 has been nothing but an utter failure so far. Not a dime earned, billions lost, incredibly low expectations for the future.

People can keep telling themselves "Yeah! Sony will turn it around next year!", but I've heard that two years running now (onto our third). Lets say they actually have a surplus next year. What then? Scraps are a reason to celebrate? Profit doesn't equal profit until things break even and go beyond. Next year they *might* begin paying off their immense debts that the PS3 has given them thus far. And that's a big maybe. If you spend 10 dollars and earn a 10 cents, you've got $9.90 to make up.

All the big hitters this year that were supposed to "turn things around" have grossly underperformed. What killer apps does PS3 have for next year? Does anyone want to tell me that?

The journey to actually pay off the costs the PS3 will be very long and dragged out, and I have serious doubts that Sony will see enough return to actually break even from this fiasco.

Now are you telling me, that you expect a Sony PR rep to walk up to their thousands of investors amidst the collapsing company (don't forget that the entire company is in peril) and say "Hey, do you wanna start working on that PS4 guys?"

What I'd like to know is why people think that companies are some how immune from dropping out of the console business. It's a business like any other - if things aren't going well with no forseeable grace, get the hell out. Either Sony's board of directors do it themselves, or their investors grab their balls and drag them out.

Sony has their fingers in one too many rotten pies right now. Something has got to give.

I wouldn't bet too much of next year being profitable in general for sony.

This economic crisis has hit Electronics hard in general. Everything has dropped in sales, TVs, DVD players, etc...

@Galagi: That fits better. I've always considered WSJ a core publication in its trade.

06 wasn't a great year, but the graph indicates that the situation is improving. They had a rough time, but looks like things are looking up.

their laptops are built from carbon fibre and ther LCD screens are more bright and colorful than all the other brands.

all.

same goes for the TV LCD, they are more colorful.

Yes, WSJ clearly has no clue when it comes to financials. I mean, no one is reading that publication. Especially no one who hast stock from Sony.

Samsung however is seen by most as the brand with the best VALUE. Price compared to what you get, you know...