| BoneyBoy said: @Twistedpixel - The "Where Will Sony Fail Next" article title got my attention. It wasn't until after I posted this that I realized the original source was the Wall Street Journal....or else I would have reworded the title. I agree with everything you wrote. Sony is not dead, or dying, but they need to make a move quick (jack style). Sony can still be successful, but they may never be the dominating, industry leading giant they once were. |
Maybe you can call them 'Doomasses'? I mean it combines doom with dumbass pretty well. Hell I think it would be a pretty cool way to describe the Microsoft corportation as well.
Sony and Microsoft are in pretty pickels if you consider their potential 10/20 year futures against the status quo. To do nothing would spell doom for them in their core industries and to implement ineffective strategy may be bad as well. Beyond that they have a problem in that they can still be side-swiped by companies/events outside of their control even if they implement well.
Microsoft doesn't have to partner with any particular company inside its core industry and outside, they have no allegiences so they can partner with any/everyone. Sony however is a bit player in everything for their core markets, the issue with that is they have an automatic conflict of interest in attempting to partner with anyone else inside those same industries. So for example Microsoft can partner with everyone except for Sony in the TV industry potentially with their Live content, Sony can only partner with Sony.
Do you know what its like to live on the far side of Uranus?
