anyone see Feb game informer? they have an article on holiday sales and numbers are low... sony is said to be laying off 8,000 employees and some other stuff to save 1.1 billion this year. Nintendo is back on top again
Total U.S. hardware sales for 2008
- Wii - 10,224,400
- Nintendo DS - 9,951,500
- Xbox 360 - 4,735,200
- PlayStation Portable - 3,829,300
- PlayStation 3 - 3,685,000
- PlayStation 2 - 2,106,100*
The company will also eliminate a number of contract workers and temporary employees, which would total an additional 8,000 jobs, according to Reuters.
In addition to the job reductions, Sony plans to curtail or delay some of its investment plans. The company will also downsize or withdraw from unprofitable or noncore businesses. The cuts should account for a total annual cost savings of more than 100 billion yen ($1.08 billion) by the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.