Engadget: Sony is projecting a slight drop in revenue for its fiscal year ending in March 2013, from $85 to $83 billion compared to August's forecast. But the company kept its operating income projection unchanged at $1.6 billion -- thanks to new acquisitions like cloud gamer Gaikai and Olympus, along with such products as the new 84-inch 4K LCD TV and revised PS3 gaming console.
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Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
When the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S first launched all the way back in 2020, console sales were not what either platform manufacturer wanted them to be. The pandemic slowed things down more than ever before, even though in the case of each next-gen console, all the units that were manufactured, sold.
Of course that didn’t last, and soon manufacturing limitations on the consoles were a thing of the past, and sales started to leap forward. For one next-gen console platform, at least.
I can see why Microsoft is putting their games on PlayStation with these numbers
Imagine how many copies of future games like Elder Scrolls VI, Blade, Indiana Jones and more they could sell if they went fully multiplatform.
Sony would probably be selling more if they stopped sending mixed signals about their future. Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft about the future of consoles is folly and has limited their potential sales. Microsoft want Sony and the world to believe that consoles are done as a business so companies like Sony and Nintendo etc can end up serving Microsoft's platform. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It is us or no one and the three E's" Don't fall for it.
Thanx to the mobile division which still lost close to $300 million? On top of the $350 million it already lost last quarter? How is that a success?
Why is this story not focusing on the gaming business which made a profit? At least tell us how much of a profit instead of just tossing it in there with music and movies as if it didn't matter.
This is their 7th straight loss, you gotta wonder how long they can keep this up.
very strange. I mean sure their numbers aren't as bad as the previous quarter, but they are also talking about how many jobs they had to cut. When you cut 10,000 jobs you save a lot in salary payouts. But when you have to say that you are cutting that many jobs this year, and you are still losing money while stretching your divisions thin, that's not a good thing.
Also I don't think the 84" 4K LCD TV did much for them at this point. Nobody can afford the $25K price tag for that, so I don't even know why I was in the article.
I have a Sony TV and home theatre system, so I do appreciate the quality they bring to the table for the most part, however with them continually losing money, you have to wonder where that is going to put them when the PS4 comes along.
It's hard to believe a company that continues to bleed money is going to want to sell their new console at a loss, but it will also be hard to fathom launching another $600 console ala the PS3.
So happy for sony they deserve to do well