I wouldn't be that surprised if Sony did want to sell off SCE actually.
Apparently it might be Activision/Blizzard, who are the most profitable games company at the moment (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero, Starcraft). If that happens I won't be playing WoW anymore, I can assure you.
What would you say the financial impact of the PS3 was as a vehicle for Blu-ray and 3D? Without it, Blu-ray would have been dead in the water and HD-DVD would have won the format war. How much will Sony gain back in business in terms of Blu-ray licencing (software and hardware - blu-violet diode production etc.) and disc pressing over say the 15+ years of its life? If 3D is a success, how much will the 40m+ PS3s capable of 3D help push TV and glasses sales? We're not even getting into new sales of movies on a different disc format.
SCE might have made a very large loss as a division in terms of hardware with the PS3, but the situation is more complicated than that. As above, and the fact that many of the components come from other Sony divisions such as semi-conductor and electronics, propping them up in the process.
I will actually sell off my PS3 if this is true.
Maybe 'monopolise' was too strong a word.
But they've really left their mark in the laptop market, and they were easily the dominant smartphone in the market before Android's recent-ish surge.
Hmmm.. I'm thinking of buying Sony.
They aren't though, Nokia is the dominant player, it has almost 40% of the market.
BBC News - Apple iPhone beats BlackBerry as smartphone sales soar
Apple are around neck and neck with Blackberry!
Laptop market, I wouldn't expect they are anywhere close to 10% even.
No. They. Weren't.
He's plucking figures out of his arse, or thinks that a smartphone is something with a touchscreen.
Everyone these days either has an iphone, a BB, or an android (Most likely HTC). Did not know nokia was so popular...
A lot of smartphone use is for business, not consumer.
why?I just can't face the prospect of booting it up to play GT5 and seeing that fecking white Apple logo gloating at me from my monitor!