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Sony Already Lost Media War to Apple?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tech-products-fight dept.

Declan McCullagh writes "Sony's Walkman was the king of media players. Now Apple's iPod is, and Sony Connect was a flop. But Sony's problems may soon be even bigger: the company is having a remarkably difficult time coordinating software development across different divisions and continents, and some managers are worried that things may be getting worse. Will Apple's recent forays into the living room create even more of a problem for Sony?"

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  1. Re:You have got to be kidding me. by NitsujTPU · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's an Apple X-Box without much beef under the hood.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin

    I think that if they used the X-Box as a prototype, that they could do just fine with this. They sell iPods for as much as video game consoles, and all that those are is beefed up mp3 players with their own clothing line.

  2. What are you talking about? by ackerholm · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Did you know that with all the various products that Sony sells that the Playstation division is basically carrying the entire company?" ..and you can of course point to a source for this "fact".

    This piece seems to suggest you're lying: http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/10/27/af x2302512.html

    Operating profit for Sony march-september 2005: 50.98 billion yen
    Operating profit for Sony gaming division: 2.3 billion yen

    Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you like. - Mark Twain