One-Fifth of PS3 Owners Are Eyeing the Exit
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I sincerely hope this will be the end of Sony, or at the very least torpedo them badly enough to go down when the sharks start circling. The OP said this could cost Sony $24 billion; according to this [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=SNE+Income+Statement&annual], their gross profit last year was about $17 billion, their net profit was a loss of $437 million (with the last time they turned a net profit being three years ago and even then it was only $3 billion), and their cash flow was only $5.6 billion, with most of that being financing activities and depreciation. Unfortunately, they've also got $44 billion in current assets and $137 in total assets, so they might be able to get the money to absorb the loss by wiping out much of their cash reserves and the like, or by selling off more long-term assets. It'll still leave them that much closer to failing, though, and I think we can all agree that that is a good thing. One less evil old media company propping up the RIAA and other such bullshit organisations, after all.
How about the fact that SONY sued a hacker not a few weeks ago? Maybe someone wanted to teach SONY a lesson? This is debatable. It's being discussed throughout the entire thread right now. And sure, you can attack Microsoft, but would you fear the litigation of SONY, or would you fear the litigation of the company headed by the computer giant and second richest man in the world bill gates? HmmmAlade said:
There are MANY factors to consider. Sony is a smaller target, their security isn't necessarily any poorer, but they ARE a slightly smaller target. So yes, this is debatable
In the immortal words of the Chief, himself "PRAISE MS!"
OT: It's not Sony's fault, they didn't hack themselves.
OT: It's not Sony's fault, they didn't hack themselves.
Off topic: Yeah, I've noticed around here even if you are polite but disagree with the writer of the article you can get put on probation, or accused of being a troll. Guess the readers around here love to spam that report button and it seems sometimes the moderation staff don't bother to weigh the report in context before the iron fist comes down.Ubermetalhed said:
I like the array of news articles posted on the site, but this forum and a majority of it's more vocal users seem to be highly intolerant of intelligent debate before the one sided rage is thrown at you.
On topic: Perhaps I'm the second, maybe the third, but it hasn't stopped the naysayers from accusing us of being bad at math and knowing nothing about statistics and therefore our argument is null and void. I don't care what anyone else says, no one is going to convince me that 184 people is representative of 1/5 the U.S.'s PS3 owners. which likely numbers in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
Off topic again: Has anyone else noticed the growing number of these sensationalist news articles cropping up on this website? It's even worse when the majority of the readers here take it for face value.
I will not be one of those people, for the record. There is more to a console than its online functions.
You are absolutely right on every count. Especially the latter, every article is sensationalised and every article at the moment seems geared towards starting some kind of sony/microsoft debate.koroem said:
This article annoys me as it is rubbish, I may have expressed myself rather angrily and perhaps deserved a probation but to be honest this isn't journalism.
And Escapist are you really that dumb to believe this from those figures?? I'm sorry but to any statiticians out there surely anyone with a degree of logic would ask alot of questions about the sample and how it was conducted. Why 2132 people? Someone explain that number for a start. This article gives random figures and concludes 1/5 of all playstation owners want to move console.
I'm sorry but there is no way a statistician can justify from those numbers that the claim one fifth of ps3 owners in the US are eyeing the exit.
as if u'd sell your ps3 for an inferior xbox (stop typing this is not a call for a flame war)
dont get me wrong xboxs are good but so are ps3's and ps3's will start to outshine xbox soon if not already as the tech is just plain better. xbox is as good as it can get ps3 is only just getting started (slow ass bastards) thankfully i have both and dont use either online thats what my pc is for
dont get me wrong xboxs are good but so are ps3's and ps3's will start to outshine xbox soon if not already as the tech is just plain better. xbox is as good as it can get ps3 is only just getting started (slow ass bastards) thankfully i have both and dont use either online thats what my pc is for
I wonder if this will cause ps3 titles like jak and daxter or rachet and clank to release for xbox due the companies losing a ton of customers (please I hope so)
I don't believe that. Sony will have sent an email, not because they are morally obligated, but because they legally are. You dont think the second they found out what was going on they werent thinking- "OH SHIT! SOMEONE HURRY I NEED SOME ADVICE ABOUT WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW!" The first thing any lawyer would have told them is- "Tell the customers." Which they did. They emailed them all. you wont convince me that I- I who have NOT signed up for any newsletter, and rarely buy things off of PSN- Got chosen to get a special email while others didnt.Thedek said:
Hell no. Keep your god damn exclusives to your self and keep your grubby hands off mine.bfgmetalhead said:
I´m not running away from PSN. I never gave away credit card info so i´m not too worried. That said...this is one helluva mess.
