I hope Sony can survive this recession, and hopefully this will go some way to sorting out their problems

The better not affect SCE, even if it does stop any further expansion, or the purchase of Level 5 (if it was every close to happening)

I agree that SE might be over, which would be unfortunate as I would have to look elsewhere for a phone, but I would assume Sony's movies would continue, as they do own Spiderman and Bond, both of which make tons of money. I am not sure what are the main unprofitable divisions other than the PS division (though I doubt that is in any danger)

As long as the Gaming division is fine, I'm game.

Radical Reconstruction is what Sony needs, and what they'll get.

From the article:

When Sony Pictures and Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios are some of the more porfitable parts of Sony, why would they be shut down?  Even the weaker games from SCE's game lineup often manage to break a million (like Heavenly Sword), and excell well into profitibility (the exceptions being Lair - Factor 5 isn't first party, and they're already dead - and Sony's NBA series).

I agree that they should end the Ericsson deal, however.

The ps devision right now is one of the most vulnarable though atm. since the ps3 wiped out all ps2 earning and cancelling current ps2 and psp earning not to mention eating away ps1 earning. I dont expect the devision to be shut down. Just not purchasing any studios in the near future and scaling down the gaming devision or merging studios.

But how do you know Game Division isn't in danger? PS3 made more losses than PS2 made profits...

From their last statement, it was around $11.8 billion in total debt.

It saddens me that japanese culture/legacies/business practices will be lost just for something as shallow as £££. I understand why it must be so but its still sad. Money is erasing nations cultures. Sometime in the future prehaps there will be no nations left just corparations, no culture, no legacies, just just the grind for the almight dollar. I put most blame on amercia (not americans, just your goverment). If capitalism had failed or at least not been so good (upto recently) maybe money would not be literally life and death.

But why would you downsize the elements bringing in the money?  The losses are made on selling ps3 hardware at a significant loss, and that's where they need to make changes.  Continuing to sell hardware at a massive loss while decreasing the number of games you make and sell would only result in more losses overall.

Sony has no money atm its all borrowed money atm.

for sony pictures, its more they are need some cash, and selling stakes in it will give them that while keeping control and revenue from it. as for sony SCE they have grown too big, Im not saying major closings, just a few smaller studios shuttered or combined into otherones, with a net reduction in upper management... the more I look at it the more i see their problems being largely caused by a lopsided amount of upper management