Sony European Game Unit Cutting Jobs

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Sony European Game Unit Cutting Jobs

By YURI KAGEYAMA
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 18, 2007; 10:39 PM

TOKYO -- Sony's European video-game unit is cutting jobs to grow more competitive, a company spokesman said Thursday, as the just-launched PlayStation 3 machine struggles against rival offerings from Microsoft and Nintendo that beat it to the market.

All Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. employees in Europe _ totaling about 1,900 people _ have been told about the plan to cut jobs, but specifics, such as the number of cuts and which jobs will be affected, have not been decided, said Satoshi Fukuoka, the spokesman in Tokyo.
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The company has no plans to trim jobs in Japan or North America, he said.

Japan's top business daily, The Nikkei, reported in its Thursday's editions that Sony will be slashing up to 160 jobs. Sony's gaming business was critically hurt by the launch delay in Europe of the next-generation PlayStation 3, the newspaper said.

Fukuoka would not confirm the Nikkei report. The job reductions in Europe reflect the company's need to adapt to the overall changes in gaming, not just the PS3 delay, he said.

The game console, which competes against Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.'s Wii, went on sale in Japan and the U.S. late last year but was delayed until March in Europe because of production problems with a key component.

Gamers are increasingly using their machines for various kinds of entertainment, including linking to the Internet, watching video, listening to music or looking at photos, not just playing games.

"The way of enjoying entertainment is shifting," Fukuoka said. "The move is aimed at maintaining our competitive edge in a changing business environment."

Fonte:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041802797.html

Espero que não te despeçam, Cosmo.

 

[Korben_Dallas]

Despedimentos, onde que quer seja, são sempre más notícias

Especialmente quando são empresas que depois apresentam milhões de € de lucros no fim do ano fiscal... (não estou a falar da Sony em particular).

Anyway isto não deve afectar em nada os gamers.

 

[Jintro]

Despedimentos, onde que quer seja, são sempre más notícias

Especialmente quando são empresas que depois apresentam milhões de € de lucros no fim do ano fiscal... (não estou a falar da Sony em particular).

Anyway isto não deve afectar em nada os gamers.

Exacto.
Quanto ao não afectar os gamers é que já não sei bem, este género de comoções acabam sempre por afectar toda a estrutura.

 

[Jeust]

Gamers are increasingly using their machines for various kinds of entertainment, including linking to the Internet, watching videon, listening to music or looking at photos, not just playing games.

"The way of enjoying entertainment is shifting," Fukuoka said. "The move is aimed at maintaining our competitive edge in a changing business environment."

isto parece um discurso á socrates... e os jogos?! vão pó galheiro?

A sony se não se põe a pau ainda fica numa posição bem modesta nesta geração...

 

[theforbidden1]

160 empregos é provavelmente 1 estudio de jogos que vai á vida...