| nightsurge said: Although Sony's business covers a wide range of electronics aside from the PlayStation 3, such as Bravia televisions, analysts dinged the company for high operating costs that hamper its ability to compete in numerous arenas, an issue frequently noted in analysis surrounding the PS3's high-end price.
So very true. I mean, you go to walmart and most 42" HDTV's are around $900-1000. Then you see the Sony Bravia at like $1300+. You can get 50" HDTV's for the price of Sony's 42-46" range. Seems like consumers will choose the Philips or Vizio or even Panasonic when it is $300-400 less. |
What some people don't want to admit is that you're getting a lower quality set with Vizio or Phillips or Panasonic. You get a 42" Sony over a 50" Vizio because you care about the quality of your set and the quality of the image. If you care about size more than quality, you get the Vizio.
The problem is that Samsung, Sony and Toshiba all compete on the high end right now. And Toshiba has the best LCD panels, followed by Samsung.
Sony needs to consider the Microsoft way of thinking and skip adding a bumper to keep discs from scratching because the bumper would add 50 cents to the cost of your console.
