The Financial Times reports that Sony is set to announce details of its restructuring plan this week. Despite, up to six plans closing and the cutting of 16000 jobs, analysts have warned that this not enough and Sony many need more drastic measures.

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Sony Corp will announce details of its restructuring plan this week amid internal company resistance to job cuts in Japan, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.

The maker of Bravia LCD TVs, Cyber-shot digital cameras and PlayStation game consoles outlined plans last month that called for curbing investment, closing five to six plants and cutting 16,000 jobs to save $1.1 billion a year in costs.

But analysts and other industry watchers have said Sony will likely need more drastic measures to fight a crippling appreciation in the yen and a sharp slowdown in demand for electronics as the global recession spreads.

"Sony's not in a position to halt all domestic production but it has to do something that drastic," said Mitsushige Akino, chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Investment Management.

Source: reuters

1st LOL'D

What is wrong with the moderators?

They closed a thread because some rude forumers come in and spam a thread yet no action taken against the spammer?

I agree with you. This is a piece of news that interest me honestly, just hope more insight can be given into SCE division though

no point to post this thread.. abg kilat

rite now economy is suxxed... so better save something at ur piggy bank

battle to free lyn from ps3 fanboys

Who is your abg? I can't remember having a stupid abg.

No one is rude there, besides u.

at least give lightning69 chance la..we all forummers what.

Sony is among big companies in Japan, but yeah still suffer under world economy crisis

then you can be my sis then

@colt jgn panggil abg dia taku suka larr panggil dia atuk kilat!!

Why suddenly u sounds like a saint ah? Not used to it.

baby kilat oso nice what

hari yang gelap kini sudah terang , aku adikmu dan engkau abg

Bonjour Ajis.

Yes i agree.
Lehman brothers are bankrupt, GM & Ford under water,
who is safe?

HUJAN

Wah.... now sounds like philosophist.

@heat nice name!! i rike!!

boring....next!!!!!!!

@pengotor.diver siapa boring??

one of the lyric from HUJAN band...

NINTENDO!!!!!!

Making Profit Year after year even during the GCN era

TS n d thread..hehehe

Nintendo also good what , PS3 also good..

No la, compare to Nintendo, PS3 sucks.

@pengotor.diver jgn cakap camtu bro nanti atuk kilat69 suruh ko suck cucu dia!! all consoles ftw!! end topic....

CORRECTO!!!!

yea lah..lets beli Wii

korang suma nak bli wii kerr?? aku baru nak bli jasper!!

Yea.... finally left the darkness and joined the bright side.

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Added on January 22, 2009, 11:35 amJasper sucks, beli VirtualBoy

This post has been edited by neogeocdz: Jan 22 2009, 11:35 AM

come to think of it, i also would love to buy a Wii. how much is now eh? is it easy to buy US version games here?

Yes. Majority US version la
Price pls refer
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/784066

mana nak cari game wii ori murah ekk??
aku nengok wii ngan xbox berfile file game... kat kedai..
bila tanya kedai .. dia tanya balik.. why ori???

@neo u r rite i should buy VirtualBoy but i heard VirtualMan is coming this middle year rite... can u plz ask atuk kilat check this new is fake or real??

heheh

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLLL
Laugh until pengsan jor....

why u guys laughing?? im SERIOUS LARR!!!

thx for da link.. but not murah wooo..
ekonomi down ni kene mintak discount...

Game Boy Classic Rock

he dont like search for other news...he only like find news about ps3...maybe bcoz he love ps3 so much tapi tak ngaku...silap2 dier lar ps3 fanboy....

Did i post anything about Nintendo or MS in this thread? Why are you guys starting to flame in this thread and it? I can only think of one thing....PS3 fanboys are so afraid to face the truth and will start attacking any negatives news on sony.

Dun buy too much console, ur wife angry nanti

yayayaya..u rite....ps3 sucks!! :lompatpusing2:

SONY SUCKS!!!! thx atuk kilat69 for free me!!

must save my money to buy killzone 2

but my wife ask me bout this coz she want 1 VIRTUALMAN!!! plz atuk kilat help me check is it real or fake news??

Nintendo can't even make enough Wii to meet demand leh.....
RM1299 ok jor....
unless u want to import from PlayAsia la...

i oso have news...

@-i7- bro find tech2 he selling wii at rm750 only!!

I RIKE!!!

This post has been edited by cwl_ykh: Jan 22 2009, 11:47 AM

Tell her dun have virtualman, or virtualgranpa.

And tell her women should listen to whatever man said,
Get her a whatever u feels like getting her,
and ask her to start acting like a Wife, not slave-master.
OK?

well when the times come we must brace it...
if we worried to much what can we do.. it only doom us..
let savour and enjoy what we have and strengthen our support for PS3...

ps one and ps2 can live through due to it double side world (ori n ahem)
PS3 is a new generation of people believing in the power of ori..

as far it concern news are news. but the ps3 support must go on..
but as economy getting worse it will not be sony it will affect game developer also
in turn will affect all other console...

as for now true gamer will brace the news and GAME ON for better or worse..

This post has been edited by -i7-: Jan 22 2009, 11:48 AM

WHAT? RM750 my ass!

@neo i hope so... thx for ur advice guru!! but atuk kilat hope u can find me that news!! sekian trima kasih banyak banyak!!

There'll be no more delays for the oft-delayed Killzone 2. SCEA have just announced that the game has gone gold, meaning it's finished, done, and ready for release.

February 27 is the day it'll be out on store shelves across the US, and to mark the occasion, Sony released this giant picture of the box art. You've probably seen it before, but you just in case you haven't, here you go.

SOURCE

This post has been edited by anyme: Jan 22 2009, 11:49 AM

Salam Sejahtera

@neo , -i7- : here the link http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/768575

ini baru news

gamerfamilia ftw!!

k thx man need to find wii as i need a fun work out..
belly nak jadi 9 bulan dah niiii

If you guys hate my post, why are you all still reading and posting here? Just to spam till it close?

Like I say this topic is not about XBOX360 or Wii is better, nor its about VirtualBoy. Is says nothing about the Nintendo or MS.

I know this thread will be close soon because of lousy spammers.

Yet the worst thing is the moderator do nothing about spammers!!! What to do? This is malaysia after all where criminals go free and rule the country.

I refuse to believe u. MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah bro bagus utk belly tu!! tp 9bulan dah ni mmg dah nak sampai time bersalin dah ni....

Go join a gym.

where spam...i post news oso..cannot aa...u only can aa....

Outrun Online Arcade has us excited. But if you're American and own a PS3, you may want to ease back on the throttle of your own white-hot excitement jets. For safety reasons.

Because it's been confirmed that while the game will be released on both Xbox 360 and PS3 the world over, in North America, the game will only be released on Xbox 360. No PS3 version.

No word on just why this is taking place, so take your pick from the following:

1) Microsoft negotiated a costly exclusivity period for a game that will sell so few copies it won't have been worth it

2) SCEA, believing that Sumo's Outrun series has performed better in Europe than the US, turned the game down, forgetting that as a digital download they don't need to worry about sales.

3) SCEE, tired of copping shit for PSN games turning up late (or not at all) on the European store, withheld the game just to give SCEA a taste of consumer vitriol.

Could be none of those, could be all three!

SOURCE

yay bro keep this kind a news coming!!

this is type of we as gamers want....not that stupid selling chart or watever console doing bad or good...that their job...not ours....

ur rite bro....

@anyme yeah u r rite bro... bcoz we dun hv any single share on their profit or loss!! TS u r sucks!! not sony or ms or nintendo!! but u!!!

tumpang lalu...

but we share the fun and frag thou in game....

-i7- yeah thats why we only care the news like what anyme post but not about what TS shows us!!

..all 3 are fricking hilarious

LOL at the Outrun Online Arcade news...

this news is winrar!!!
best news on the thread (killzone2 gone gold cant be the best due to its exlcusiveness)

i try the best to post valueable news.....

oh ya sony restructuring plans should be more of a general issue since it is a tech giant...
pretty boring for us gamers...

Not for me la evo....

Adoi.... SONY better dun do something stupid here....
i need them to perform.

You are a fcuking hypocrite

its like to put a $hit on his own face

This Lightning Pirate is morally bankrupt, what a hypocrite!

Everyone knows the truth about this nations dark secret. Its is you who pretend otherwise. So its you who is the FCUKING hypocrite. Not me

BTW, if you guys thinks this piece of info is not interesting, then take your FCUK FACE outta here....just don't post here.

What kind of loser put me in his ignore list yet is most active in my thread?

This post has been edited by lightning69: Jan 22 2009, 02:35 PM

yeah...we know the truth.......

Go see a psychiatrist, u r out of your mind.

take some pills bro

if u not open this kind a fcuking thread then we will not in here!! GTFO

today so sensitive is the kilat...

chill...

in before closed

he needs pill!!

totally agreed

wat pill he needs??<removed>??

hmm...the news are right
there's nothing wrong...but u guys really over the line...

what kind of pills?