Sony's Software, Hardware Synergy is an illusion...

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kowenicki said:

Kinneas14 said:
The lack of synergy is a problem for Sony, they have an intellectual-propriety empire and the union of all that could be really helpful for a little rise.
Something must change, and I think Kaz wants to go in the right direction. Just the name change from PSN to SEN seems to be a very, very, very little step on that path.

I'm pretty skeptical about Sony situation, let's hope Kaz won't do only some cut and nothing more.

The point is how do you use that union of software and hardware without completely alienating other software vendors and harware manufacturers.  Very tricky.

I have no idea what you think software/hardware synergy means, but are you saying Apple, Microsoft, and now Google are "alienating software vendors and harware manufactuers"?

Software synergy to me, is to create a family of products that are all interconnected. Apple is the prime role model for this. iPhone, iPod, iPad all use the same software, and it looks nicer if you have that software on a Mac (although you don't have to).

All firms are going this direction, including Google.