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Fuck Sony

AnonusAnonus
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Fuck them for continuing to hold onto Sony Pictures even though they should have divested it 20 fucking years ago.

No, this thread isn't about Sony Computer Entertainment. It's about Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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  • TreTre
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    Why should they have divested it 20 years ago, though? I'm not meaning to be rude or anything here, I'm genuinely curious.

    Maybe it's just because I'm unused to the concept of Columbia/TriStar/etc. being separated from the Sony brand, but I'd always figured that the movie division of the company was one of its tentpole businesses, alongside their consumer electronics/PlayStation and insurance divisions.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Tre said:

    Why should they have divested it 20 years ago, though? I'm not meaning to be rude or anything here, I'm genuinely curious.

    Maybe it's just because I'm unused to the concept of Columbia/TriStar/etc. being separated from the Sony brand, but I'd always figured that the movie division of the company was one of its tentpole businesses, alongside their consumer electronics/PlayStation and insurance divisions.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1994/11/18/sonys-surprise-it-says-it-overpaid-for-columbia/875f545d-2e92-42e1-9e54-207c429aa45c/

    Also, SPE is a big revenue driver, but they are awful at managing it. But it's still making money, as opposed to Sony's "main" businesses! Fucking idiots.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    suck phony
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    nah man somehow the PlayStation division, last I saw, wasn't making a lot of money

    I don't know what's wrong over there. A lot of people say Sony's refusal to sell SPE is a Japanese thing, and maybe it is, but Sony in general just feels really stagnant to me.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Sony's games division made 9 billion USD in the 2014 fiscal year. SPE made 8 billion. Together that comprises almost 1/3rd of their operating revenue.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    > fuck sony

    as long as you don't insist on spelling it "$ony" or something like that
    Imipolex G said:

    suck phony

    lawl
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