| SamuelRSmith said: I personally think that they should kill off their TV and Vaio* divisions. Drive up investment in mobile/tablets. Try a restart on PSVita (only has one more chance, though) (new model. cheaper, longer battery life, support SD cards). Get a PSNow box out there. Some kind of PSThree I'm not so sure how their movie/music stuff is going. I guess industry standard, music on a long-term down and movies up. *If people are buying for style, they buy Apple. If they're buying for getting shit done, they buy Lenovo. I guess they could go after gaming laptops? But that's a niche market, and Alienware already has it pretty locked down, so... In TV, Samsung are pretty much unstoppable at this point. |
Sorry, but the PSVita is part of Sony's problem.
The Vita was a stupid investment. Sony should have actively worked on and promoted the Xperia Play instead. A combination of hand-held gaming, AND mobile phone/gaming. Brilliant.
Sure, the first attempt wasn't the greatest of successes but it might have faired better if it hadn't had to compete againsts it's more powerful sibling.
The overwhelming evidence is that people do not want more than one mobile device. If the device they have doesn't have an extensive level of gaming, they live with what it does offer. The Xperia Play could have ushered in a new era of mobile/hand-held gaming at Sony instead Sony spread itself thin, wasted money, and time. In fact, what's worse, is the effort they put into mobile gaming on Android devices has invariably benefitted other companies that have capitalized on the investment Sony made in Android gaming. So not only did they waste money, but other companies are making money on the money they wasted.
How many times can Sony shoot themselves in the foot before they can't walk away?
