Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/06/sony- ... employees/
From the article: "Major changes are afoot at Sony, after the Japanese electronics giant announced plans to sell its Vaio PC business and reform its TV arm. As a result, Sony will layoff 5,000 employees over the next year or so, including 1,500 in Japan and 3,500 overseas. Sony was projecting a fiscal year net profit of 30 billion yen converting to $295 million, a figure already adjusted down from previous forecasts. Following the restructuring, Sony expects to post a fiscal year net loss of 110 billion yen, converting to $1.08 billion."
Looks like Nintendo is not the only one that's hurting these days. The Playstation division is still going strong, but looks like the rest if the company suffering.