Re:Sony’s Bread and Butter? It’s Not Electronics
by kalleboo on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @09:18AM
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Samsung also have terrible software, but they're doing great. I agree their software is a huge weakness, but having great software clearly isn't instrumental for success.
Sony just don't have the profit margins they need in stuff like TV, audio, etc. They also have really weak marketing in the phone space (their phones are on par with Samsung in hardware, and have a less-molested version of Android, but nobody knows they exist).
Their complete loss in the music player space though can be largely attributed to owning a music publishing arm. DRM killed all their (pretty decent) digital music players.
Sony just don't have the profit margins they need in stuff like TV, audio, etc. They also have really weak marketing in the phone space (their phones are on par with Samsung in hardware, and have a less-molested version of Android, but nobody knows they exist).
Their complete loss in the music player space though can be largely attributed to owning a music publishing arm. DRM killed all their (pretty decent) digital music players.