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  1. Re:MS will drive out Nintendo and Sony? Hah! by binaryDigit · · Score: 2 · on Microsoft Loses $177m on Xbox in Three Months

    From the horses mouth

    I know that Sony has all that other stuff (and cool stuff it is), but my main point was that even with all that stuff, they don't enjoy the monopoly and the profits from that monopoly that M$ enjoys. Also, $2billion for the year still pales to $3.5billion for the quarter, even given the larger overall market that Sony participates in.

  2. Re:Sony is actually two companies? by dackroyd · · Score: 5, Informative · on Portable CD-RW/DVD Player

    Sony is way, way more than two companies. You can find their list of subsidaries in Japan and outside Japan, which seems to be about 85 companies.

    The subsidaries seem to be free to act as they see fit and their seems to be very little interference in how they are run from the Sony group company.

    Just the computer games divisions are divided into Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEI*), Sony Computer Entertainment America(SCEA) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe(SCEE). All of these companies are separate entities, with seperate responsibilities and ideas about how they should be doing business.

    *Yes I know it should be SCEJ, but it isn't, okay?

  3. Re:Sony is actually two companies? by dackroyd · · Score: 5, Informative · on Portable CD-RW/DVD Player

    Sony is way, way more than two companies. You can find their list of subsidaries in Japan and outside Japan, which seems to be about 85 companies.

    The subsidaries seem to be free to act as they see fit and their seems to be very little interference in how they are run from the Sony group company.

    Just the computer games divisions are divided into Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEI*), Sony Computer Entertainment America(SCEA) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe(SCEE). All of these companies are separate entities, with seperate responsibilities and ideas about how they should be doing business.

    *Yes I know it should be SCEJ, but it isn't, okay?

  4. Re:Sony Pino by Yokaze · · Score: 3, Informative · on Windows-based Robot and Development Platform

    My fault.... here a (hopefully) more reliable source. The Press Release from Sony.

    But I've to admit that the availability is a bit lacking. In other words, nearly no one gets his hands on this.

    Never seen it in action with my own eyes.
    At a robotic symposium in Fukuoka, a demonstration was planned, but to my regret it was canceled.
    I've only seen a presentation by Masahiro Fujita, a senior manager for this project from Sony and a still standing model.

    Googleing for the type "SDR-4X" seems to be more productive.