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Buy a PlayStation 3 and Sink Sony

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there-be-sharks-in-them-there-seas dept.

sonnyweathers writes "There has never been a more perilous time for Sony than 2006. But if you think you can save the company by buying PlayStation 3 consoles, you're wrong. Analyst Evermore believes that selling 6 million PS3 consoles will make Sony a ripe target for takeover — perhaps even by Microsoft."

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  1. they are sony minions I tell you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    what's this? reverse psychology?

    "DON'T buy our console!"

    1. Re:they are sony minions I tell you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Buy Microsoft Xbox - Bring old monopoly to new areas!

      Making all these choices between competing products has been so hard! I can't wait until I can buy all my computer things from microsoft!

    2. Re:they are sony minions I tell you! by HAKdragon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Xbox should have a new slogan, "Buy American".

      Ignoring the fact that, you know, the systems are made in Mexico.

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      "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. We have a protractor."
  2. Sony could make a killing by 91degrees · · Score: 2, Funny

    Simply sell their console to themselves at the typical loss. Then sell them on ebay for the price people are actually willing to pay. Serious profit!

    1. Re:Sony could make a killing by BecomingLumberg · · Score: 2, Funny

      What you meant to write was:

      1. Simply sell their console to themselves at the typical loss.
      2. Then sell them on ebay for the price people are actually willing to pay.
      3. ...
      4. Profit!!!!!

      Please use the appropriate 'numbered list appending ellipsis and Profit!!!!!' format in the future.

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  3. Re:selling razorblades is nothing new by joe+155 · · Score: 2, Funny

    your point is very true, and all the people on /. could do nothing to change this.

    If we run with the idea of Bill Gates or MS (If they can ever really be seperated) wanting to buy Sony (I know it's not very realistic) they could use the idea contained here to pretty much sink Sony before buying it. Say Bill Gates was to buy every PS3 which was for sale by buying all that the main distributors had, Sony makes a big loss and won't sell a single game for them. They can't make enough consoles to plug that hole... they're in trouble. Bill comes out and openly admits it and suggests that all investors sell their shares or lose everything. Share price plumets. Sony goes to the verge of bankruptcy, maybe even calls in the liquidators before, hey presto, they've found a buyer - none other than MS!

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  4. Microsoft's Opportunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Microsoft can afford to by 6 million PS3s, trash 'em, and THEN buy Sony.

  5. Re:What would Microsoft do with all that content? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    However, you work for Microsoft, therefore on Slashdot your opinion is invalid and quite frankly, we're all a bit dirtier for having read it.

    May God have mercy on your soul.

  6. Re:What would Microsoft do with all that content? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hrmm... that's a quite risky opinion you have.

    Please come to my office at ONCE.

    Bring a chair.

    Steve.

  7. Re:What would Microsoft do with all that content? by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sony the insurance company. Sony the personal electronics company. Sony the Media Giant. Sony the bank. Sony the stock broker. Sony the realy big R&D lab...

    ...Sony the T-shirt, Sony the Coloring Book, Sony the Lunch box, Sony the Breakfast Cereal, Sony the flamethrower!

    The kids love that one.

  8. Re:What would Microsoft do with all that content? by bmajik · · Score: 4, Funny

    hahah :) nicely done.

    Actually, my only 1:1 "interaction" with Ballmer was when he held the door for me at the entrance to the health-club most MSFT guys go to in Redmond. He had forgotten his health-club id card that morning. His money more or less built the whole place so I smirked as he explained who he was to the person working the card scanner. "Ballmer.. B-A-L-L-M-E-R..".

    I can attest that when asked who he was, he did not shout "DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!" :)

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  9. Re:Just to nitpick by Grishnakh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most fast food places earn a profit on EVERYTHING they produce. At McDonalds circa 2 years ago, the ONLY thing the restaurant sold at a loss was a Big'N Tasty (sorry, I've already forgotten where the ' goes. It's their Whopper-clone)

    You mean the Big N' Nasty?

  10. BREAKING NEWS by Silent+sound · · Score: 5, Funny
    Games: Playstation 3 launch at risk from giant turtles
    Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 25, @10:00PM
    from the could-things-get-any-worse dept.

    An anonymous reader writes
    On top of Sony's other problems, analysts are now predicting that the Playstation 3 launch may be at risk of attack by Gamera, a radioactive turtle from beyond the dawn of time. From the article: "If Gamera the giant firebreathing space turtle lands on their offices, they'll bit in quite a bit of trouble too, and that's about as likely to happen." I don't think there's any question at this point that Sony is doomed.
    Sony is going to have a lot of trouble withstanding an attack from Gamera, as not only does he possess great destructive power, but he is also a friend to all children.