Payback time for rest of Sony to help game division recover

Seattletimes:

"It's funny how the tables turn.

During much of the past decade, Sony's PlayStation 2 business carried the parent company, making as much as 40 percent of its operating profits during good years.

Now the games division, Sony Computer Entertainment, is deep in red ink. In the fiscal year ended March 31, Sony's game business lost $2 billion as it invested in the startup costs for the PlayStation 3 video-game console."

[Daz]

Why as this site got so many aticles lately about profits and losses? I think there pointless aticles for this site.

[Ebay3rd]

Agreed, its just flame bait , I really believe some people here only post and reply to articles to start an uproar...

[Captain Tuttle]

are more important to gamers than articles on the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD video format war. The health of the gaming divisions of Microsoft and Sony have a direct impact on the consumer. The more cash that they have the more they can push the envelope of the consoles. These companies don't operate in a vacuum set up just for gamers...they have to show a profit.

[kg05]

the reason there is all this talk about profit and losses is because it is the end of the fiscal quarter/year for companies, and thats when they report profits and losses.

why is all this talk on a gaming site?...well maybe to fuel fanboys.

its funny i havent seen a single wii fanboy on this site....maybe they are too busy playing games and not having to read articles that make them feel better about there console purchase.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

They are important if your an invester and many gamers invest money for retirement.

[Dogswithguns]

.... I dont see why not.

[THE_JUDGE]

Spiderman 3 helped and the holiday sales will help put the fame out so maybe they can break even and end the format war.

[Armyless]

And the same comparison was being made from the PS2 to the PS1. What is the relevance of this article?

[Ashira]

Now, maybe the devision can finally work closely with each other when the idiot Ken Kutaragi is gone (he really did not cooperate much at all). Well, it just goes to show that just because you dominated the past two cycles doesn't mean the same strategy will work 3 times. Good luck Sony and hope you'll change your strategy for the next generation.

[macalatus]

True, K. Kutaragi gave a whole lot of grief to Sony during his tenure. But that attitude could be explained when he first made the Playstation. Remember, he was mostly responsible for making Sony's now famous product (which, in turn, single-handedly introduced Sony into the gaming industry) without much help from Sony. As a matter of fact, he did it with low expectations from within Sony. In effect, Kutaragi's negative attitude towards the rest of Sony could be described as a case of "I told you so". Unfortunately, his ego overtook him, creating the proverbial 'karma' that we are now aware of.

[Vavoom]

Sonyfanboys tend to ignore bad news about Sony almost to a point of denial, quite like Sony does. I wonder if there are subliminal messaging embedded in Sony titles. The whole denial or downplay thing is really strange.

This MS has been going through the same scrutiny since the 1B warranty issue. And MS was bashed to no end by Sony and it's fanboys, not this article is released and there are responses from sony fans like

"Why as this site got so many aticles lately about profits and losses."

"Spiderman 3 helped and the holiday sales will help put the fame out so maybe they can break even and end the format war."

"Now, maybe the devision can finally work closely with each other when the idiot Ken Kutaragi is gone (he really did not cooperate much at all)."

Come on folks, it is what it is. It's the price of doing business in the gaming industry. How can we bash one company and feel sorry for another just because we own one of their consoles. I bet you anything that if some told the big man at either of these companies that one you us loss everything we had, they would as back "uh, and why are you tell me this?"

To hell with MS and Sony, I'll play the good games and skip the bad ones, neither company is putting anything in my pocket. Just like they are, I'm in it for ME!

[macalatus]

"Sonyfanboys tend to ignore bad news about Sony almost to a point of denial, quite like Sony does. I wonder if there are subliminal messaging embedded in Sony titles. The whole denial or downplay thing is really strange."

I agree with that portion of your post on the "denial" part, although not all of us are in denial. BUT, for some odd reason, you failed to note the fact that MS fanboys are guilty of denial as well ("360 console failures" a Sony-made urban myth). That also includes the relentless anti-Sony comments and articles coming in every form of media. Want proof? Just Google around or go to the comments sections in websites such as Gamespot.

I hate to tell you this but your post just plain screams "one-sideness" even though you tried to make your tone neutral at the end. It also doesn't help the fact the you tried to put in some "conspiracy theories" in which you suggest "subliminal messages embedded in Sony titles." So let me get this straight: Sony fanboys bash and are in denial, whereas MS fanboys are innocent, while you try to suggest that there is a cult-like, Sony conspiracy theory going on. Now, isn't that bashing too?

End result: You unfortunately failed to paint Sony fanboys as in "denial" as you might want them shown. Instead, you unwittingly managed to incriminate yourself as a MS fanboy poorly parading under the tone of neutrality. Hey, don't blame me. That is what your entire post is trying to say.

[Covenant]

As I've said a hundred times (now a hundred and one, LOL), Sony is one of the few companies that could weather losses like those experienced by their games division and still survive and recover. The games division can continue to lose money if needed, and the rest of their divisions will make it up. (MS is another company that can afford to lose billions from one division and basically shrug it off).