Sony CEO Apologizes as PS4 Maker Restructures for Growth

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Sony has been, and always will be an interesting Company for me! My parents, ever since I was a child always bought Sony products! For example, my first, second, third and current TVs are all from Sony. The VCR, DVD, Bluray players are all from Sony, heck even the car's deck is from Sony. I also choose a psp over an ipod/ds (although I did get them eventually) for the longest time and you get the idea.

But with that being said, Sony was expensive for what their products were worth imo. Like their PCs were known to be shit/value for decades if you knew how to buy a PC that is as well as their TVs. Their prices have gotten better over the years but we no longer buy Sony products at all. We mostly buy Samsung products instead, our next TV for 4k will be Samsung, without a doubt, all our phones are Samsung (although no one has an S5) and etc. And the way they handheld the vita also pisses me off and don't get me started about the ps3 launch.. I do hope that they will make another turn around and start making some actual money but they certainly needed a kick in a balls to put them in the right direction although maybe not this many kicks

I agree with you. I still prefer Sony products for quality, but companies like Apple and Samsung (as much as I tend to dislike them) have caught or even exceeded Sony in terms of smartphones, computers, multimedia (with the exception of gaming), etc. Sony has for too long tried to hold up a bussiness model like Apple (selling proprietary products for a very high markup), but without the consumer appeal that Apple has. They are slowly changing, but not fast enough. They took too long to get in the smartphone business with Android, and now they're showing that they abandon products if they start suffering, like the Vita or the Xperia line in the U.S. Most of the time I appreciate what Sony does, but sometimes they just piss me off.