Remember that guy who said Microsoft's Xbox division cannot be sustained by the company? Well, here comes another analyst with the same suggestion, going so far as to believe rival Sony could acquire the brand. Them's some damning words!

"The entertainment division will be spun off, sold to someone like Sony or possibly Barnes & Noble, or dramatically reduced in size," said Forbes' Adam Hartung. "Unable to make a profit it will increasingly be seen as a distraction to the battle for saving Windows -- and Microsoft leadership has long shown they have no idea how to profitably grow this business unit.

"As more and more of the market shifts to competitive cloud infrastructure Apple, Amazon, Samsung and others will grow significantly.  Microsoft, losing its user base, will demonstrate its inability to build a new business in the cloud, mimicking its historical failures with Zune (mobile music) and Microsoft mobile phones.  Microsoft server and tool sales will suffer, creating a much more difficult profit environment for the sole remaining profitable division."

Hartung goes as far as to say that the rise in power of Android and iOS, as well as the decline of the PC market, "means nothing short of the ruin of Microsoft." Mass layoffs are expected, along with the financial loss of anybody who remains invested in the company. It's suggested that nothing can halt Microsoft's fall into the abyss.