Although its video game business has apparently not been affected - yet - Sony announced today that it will cut 8,000 jobs from the electronics side of the house.
Bloomberg reports that Sony will also close some manufacturing facilities and delay planned investments in others.
A Sony statement said:
These initiatives are in response to the sudden and rapid changes in the global economic environment.
Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am
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Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm
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Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm
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Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm
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Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm
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Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm
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Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm
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Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm
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Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm
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ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm
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MaskedPixelante: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327940/ Night Dive starts charging for freeware.10/18/2014 - 12:21pm
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Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm
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MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am
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Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am
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quiknkold: and we dont have a Dovakin to call a cease fire10/17/2014 - 7:37pm
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quiknkold: The whole thing is Futile. Both sides are so buried deep in their trenchs that there isnt a conversation. Its just Finger Pointing, Name Calling, Doxxing, Threats. there needs to be a serious conversation, and GG isnt it.10/17/2014 - 7:37pm
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quiknkold: I thought it was a good article. Jeff is right. I feel like GamerGate did destroy its message. I am for Ethics in game journalism, but man. so much hate. and its on both sides. I've seen some awful stuff spewed on twitter. Its a big reason why I exited..10/17/2014 - 7:34pm
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Matthew Wilson: while he focused on gg, he did call out both sides crap.10/17/2014 - 7:18pm
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Papa Midnight: That was a damn good read offered by Jeff Gertsmann.10/17/2014 - 7:17pm
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Matthew Wilson: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/letter-from-the-editor-10-17-2014/1100-5049/ deferentially a nice write up.10/17/2014 - 6:44pm
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Comments
Re: The Chop: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
The CEO of Sony has said before that the Playstation was pretty much the only thing keeping the company up and running in the past. It still is making a lot of returns for them. The PS3 may not be doing as well as they had hoped, but the PSP has some pretty impressive numbers behind it and the PS2 has been churning a good profit for almost 9 years. I recall them saying the PSP is getting a lot more focus in 2009 and that 2008 many developers didn't consider the platform, however, since there are close to 40 million PSPs in consumer hands now a resurgence of titles are supposed to be appearing in 2009.
There other electronics have been taking a hammering like made though.
Re: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
Sudden? Rapid? Perhaps compared to some economic changes, but we have been seeing this for over a year. It's like watching 365 car pile up... in slow motion.
It's a shame about those people being let off. I'm sure that a number of them were technically competent... and will likely now be applying for the same jobs that I will be shortly. I hate competition...
Re: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
As long as they don't crap out on quality. That is why people know them, and if they drop that they might as well drop the whole deal.
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Re: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
I remember reading a while ago that most of Sony's business was invested into video games (and by "most," I mean "majority" or "plurality," but, then again, I could be wrong). People are going to buy TV's and other electronics, though. It's the game concumers they need to keep the attention of.
Re: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
But it makes no sense! The electronics side is what's making them any money. They're losing all their profits on PS3 production.
I sure didn't see this coming. Sony's got so much other revenue outside the gaming market, including Blu-Ray success in the format wars. So I figured once Sony realizes that gaming holds no more profitable potential, they'd shut down SCE, sell their studios, and they would be gone. Why fight the losing battle?
Re: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
You forget that they are still making bank off the sales of PS2 systems, PS2 games, PSP systems, PSP games (though very little bank there right now).
The PS3 system sales hurt their pocket, but don't think it really matters too much when they are making that cash back with software sales and downloadable movies and content from the PSN.