Sony Fires 100 of its Fine Men to 'Streamline Operations'

Remember Sony Computer Entertainment America bosses saying that they have plans for laying off some staff, in an effort to "streamline operations?" Well, that day has come and Sony's dismissing 100 of its fine men (or not so fine since they're being laid off), in order to achieve optimum efficiency.

A statement from SCEA spokesman Dave Karraker says: "In an effort to accurately align the company to meet the changing needs of our consumers and of our industry, Sony Computer Entertainment America has found it necessary to analyze our current business and to restructure the company as necessary to continue our standing as the market leader," as NextGeneration reports.

He added that "These restructuring efforts are currently underway and do include the streamlining of our operations and other initiatives to further strengthen the business, reduce costs and increase operational efficiency." Basically, it's all about winning back what was lost with the PS3, as you can see. But does this mean that 100 of Sony's staff were sitting around doing nothing?

I mean, the company (as fancy as it is), should have some damned good reasons for doing so. The reason is simple. Sony's people have huge pay checks, no matter what they do for the company. By dismissing 100 emplyees, Sony stops losing millions for each one.

Gamedaily.biz proved a little while ago that Nintendo's staff is a gold mine, as each of its staff members produces some $2.5 million per fiscal year: "Judging by Nintendo's last fiscal year in which the company produced $8.26 billion in revenue, Fortune points out that each of Nintendo's 3,400 employees generates a staggering $2.5 million. How does that compare with other corporate juggernauts? Microsoft's employees generated $624,000 each last year, while Google's generated $994,000 each - still less than half of Nintendo's employees. On a profit scale, Nintendo's total income was almost $1.5 billion, or $442,000 per employee, last year, compared with Microsoft's $177,000 and Google's $288,000. It's astounding no matter how you look at it."

So if Nintendo's staff makes that much money, we could try and guess how Sony's staff does for their company. The thing is, those 100 people that got laid off probably weren't exactly Sony's gold mine, not producing figures similar to the ones above.

Who knows, the bottom line is that SCEA fired 100. PS3 price cut!?