@Jordahn: I didn't mean it how you understood it. Basically Sony has done the same thing in the past as todays cheapo manufacturers do; they adopt the tech when it's cheaper.
Now, since Sony has had advantage from the new tech, they want to keep the advantage, so they spend huge amounts of money in R&D (which is the one that's been "killing" them in recent years) to be the "first one out". Although, on TV:s, sticking to CRT did hurt Sony badly, since it had to ramp the flat screen TV manufacturing up with high costs.
Now, they shouldn't quit developing new tech, but what they should do, is to keep their R&D costs lower, see what their competitors come up with and either improve from that or sell the products cheaper.
Sonys recent way of thinking has made them a tech orientated company from a customer orientated company that it once was.
Sonys current problems don't base themselves to the downturn, but to their recent years, when the situation was bad to begin with, when the downturn started.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
