Sony Will Raise $2.9B in IPO, Poised for PS3 Price Drop
The company will sell 725,000 shares and offer an additional 75,000. Bloomberg spoke with analysts who speculated the move was meant to raise funds for the currently unprofitable game division and consumer electronics division.
Mitsuhiro Osawa, a Tokyo-based analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities Co., told Bloomberg the increased assets could allow Sony to pursue additional PlayStation 3 price cuts. The strategy could help Sony move more units in Japan, where the PS3 is being outsold 3-to-1 by the Wii.
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