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Sony may merge film and video game divisions or sell assets


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIDf-lTSclA

Now there is this, too.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/as-michael-lynton-exits-will-sony-double-down-hollywood-sell-964455

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The "Sony wants to get out of the movie business" rumors have been around for a couple of years now. I will believe it when I see it.
As for assets in the film division, I think the most valuable would be Spider Man (Disney would pay a lot to get the rights back entirely).
As for James Bond, Sony's deal with Eon is soon to expire, sot although James Bond is a very valuable asset, it is not one that SONY can really sell off.

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James Bond is a very valuable asset

Sony is purely a contractual releaser of the movie in most market, not much more.

Looking with how little profit they were making from those bond movie (Fox is doing most of the Home media I think)

Sony
Skyfall:
GROSS PROFIT/(LOSS) 57,298

Probably around 35-40 million for Spectre

They need those movie to make 1.5 billion to be really interesting ROI wise (10%).

Would not surprise me if loosing Adam Sandler or the Russos Brothers were bigger blow than loosing Bond for Sony (Bond seem to be less than 15 million a year for them). On Netflix USA alone a good year of Breaking Bad was around 42 million for them.

"Sony wants to get out of the movie business" rumors have been around for a couple of years now.

Sony may want to get out of making TVs, phone and many other business (ideally become a bank, financial is where they make most of their money with excellent margin), but they are not easy giant division to get rid off, and the studio is one of the rare profitable division for Sony (the TV sides is doing well in recent year's).

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Is the video bring any interesting point, it is a bit hard to listen (too slow).

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