@smashchu2: I'm not going to bother responding to most of your arguments. I see them as very narrow-minded, and I just cannot agree. You do have some valid points from a very limited perspective, but I think that perspective is so narrow as to make them... unimportant in the grand scheme of things, or even just flat-out wrong.

I'll tell you what, I'll go and um... "read more on Blue Ocean strategies and Disruption", if you do me a favor and go read Sun Tzu's "Art of War", for a little perspective on stepping back and seeing the bigger picture.  I'm fairly certain that, if every company took on the "ZOMG all is lost, sell everything and lets go hide in the poor house" approach every time the cards weren't in their favor (which you seem to believe Sony will do), the business world would be... much less interesting... and companies like Nintendo would have dried up long ago.  

Believing that Sony has "lost", or that they cannot "come back" at this juncture is 100% folly, and a gross underestimation.  In war, and business, underestimation is punishing, and often fatal.  Sony has nowhere to go but up, and they are not going to throw in the towel... ever.  Just like Nintendo.

@Smashchu: Actually a "higher tier" product can be a blue ocean product. It can even be disruptive, but it's very rare. PS3 and 360 are overshooting the console market, but not PC market.

@Groucho: 2009 will lead the way. In a normal situation Sony wouldn't need to worry at all, but apparently Sony have taken a huge hit in the downturn, which means that anything can happen. From financial perspective, the console/games business doesn't differ from digital cameras, phones or TV:s. Maybe even a joint venture with someone on the Playstation brand.

You know, I kept going back and forth on what Sony will and won't cut.  There really isn't a clear picture or any CONCLUSIVE evidence of which divisions are most vulnerable.

Then ... I remembered this quote from one Sir Howard Stringer.  And then I thought.  I thought long and hard ...... and then my stomach twisted.  In a way, not near as strong, but similar to the day I was blindsinded by this story.

This is the world, kids.  Time to grow up fast.

I like the fact that most people that are throwing themselves over this news are sporting xbox avatars :/.

Also some of the replies seem to sound like they have sexual, wet, fantasies about seeing Sony get obliterated. Guess they need to feel what an orgasm is like.

seece said: *~Onna76~* said: Ronster316 said: awwwwww , poor sony............ muwahahahahahahahaha   And this ain't trolling? I'll beat the crap out of you in person if I had the chance. Now I know for sure that this website is pathetic biased and it ain't towards Sony *pulk*. You're just as pathetic to want to beat someone up from a comment they made on a website, grow up.

I kinda like the thought of Ronster being beaten up by a girl!

It kinda makes a change from all the standard Sony is failing stuff which has just verged over the threshold of "same shit, every day"

Lol.
It's a recession people, they aren't going to close the gaming division what are you guys crazy?
Keep in mind this is just a rumor, i DOUBT playstation brand will get hit.

I could see jobs being cut and maybe the refining of various lines or maybe the removal of the PC division. But, that is about it.

Their TV brand is strong.

Playstation should be about to start profiting from hardware and the brand is too huge to give up on this early.

Home Audio segment also sucks like PCs, so maybe that.

Car audio could be refined.

Small electronics really just need to be refined/ reduced in price.

Sony closes major divisions, blames Wii Fit