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[evilchris]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...ny-Toshiba.php

Does this mean you will stop the "cELL!!!" comments since Sony is only purchasing and controlling how the business is ran and Toshiba is the one making the chips...

Hell, Don't even know what this article has to do with Home Theater other then it stating the reason Sony is selling its stake of the CELL Development so it could focus on Home Theater advancement.

[Mr. Hunt]

I am sure in evilchris' little world this is a sign of Blu-ray costing Sony BILLIONS!@

[evilchris]

Originally Posted by Mr. Hunt

I am sure in evilchris' little world this is a sign of Blu-ray costing Sony BILLIONS!@

Check financials. It's in plain text. $ony is a public company and cannot hide what their losses stem from.

tEH cELL!!!!

[OldOfEvil]

Originally Posted by evilchris

Check financials. It's in plain text. Sont is a public company and cannot hide what their losses stem from.

tEH cELL!!!!

wht abot teh brurayz!??

[Lyme]

Originally Posted by Mr. Hunt

I am sure in evilchris' little world this is a sign of Blu-ray costing Sony BILLIONS!@

Simply, as the Cell was a joint venture between Sony, Toshiba, and IBM, the only viable place to sell technology related to the Cell is to the other partners. Should Sony want to sell to someone else, there would be intellectual property concerns with the sale and use.

Now why exactly would Sony want to sell any of their businesses? The answer to that is simple as well, Sony as it stands has been loosing money in a number of their divisions. One of the big ones, as it is a cyclical affair, is gaming. Sony gaming = the Cell. I imagine investors do not like this.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/fina...e/04_image.jpg
Gaming had:
196.6 billion yen in gross earnings.
-29.2 billion yen in net earnings.

Compare this to the consolidated chart:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/fina...e/03_image.jpg
Sony made 66.5 billion yen in net earnings.

From this you can say that the gaming division ate near 1/3 of Sony's net profits.
As we all know in the 1st QTR 2007 the gaming division posted http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/fina...e/12_image.jpg
to be competitive Sony dropped the price of the PS3 in QTR3 2007 and has yet to report their financial statement for that quarter.

Of course the most interesting stuff is buried deep in http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/fina...onyAR07-13.pdf on page 18 which states at the end of QTR1 2007 that Sony has
3,551,852 Million yen in short term debt and 4,754,826 Million yen in long term debt, with only 799,899 million yen of cash on hand.

What all that basically means is that Sony still is working to restructure their business to reduce their debt, and selling parts that do not perform as well as they would like is a easy way to do so.

[superklye]

So the A4, A40, A45 and XA4 are going to be cElL powered?

[Lyme]

Originally Posted by superklye

So the A4, A40, A45 and XA4 are going to be cElL powered?

Toshiba's current offerings could be cell powered. The Cell makes a good dvd player.

[superklye]

Originally Posted by Lyme

Toshiba's current offerings could be cell powered. The Cell makes a good dvd player.

And simultaneous cancer-cure-finder

[OldOfEvil]

Originally Posted by superklye

And simultaneous cancer-cure-finder

Honestly, I think teh cell is holding out on the human race, not curing cancer so that we keep buying it for folding projects and stuff..

[crainger]

My PS3 just saved my cancer cure to my SD card. I'm gonna upload it to gamefaqs later.

[OldOfEvil]

Originally Posted by crainger

My PS3 just saved my cancer cure to my SD card. I'm gonna upload it to gamefaqs later.

Wow, I have a gamefaqs account from like 1999.. wonder if its still alive.