Business Approach Comparison Sony PS4 and Microsoft Xbox
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Sony selling off its PC division is indicative of it leaving any and all, MS associated ecosystems alone...
Or probably Sony just knows that computers is a platform that has already similar options with similar games and is pointless to compete there.
That would belie the use of "library" wouldnt it? Games like Uncharted and God of War arent on PC... just like they arent on tablets....or phones. So maybe I'm missing what you are saying here.
Sony selling off its PC division is indicative of it leaving any and all, MS associated ecosystems alone...
I seriously doubt that assertion, given that their cams, music players, smartphones and other devices are probably supported with window based software.
More like "since apple dominates high end laptop segment and the low end segment doesn't provide great margins, why make PCs".
1) notice the word Similar
2) You only named 2. How many PS exclusives can you name that the PC gamer would be interested to pay Now for when they have Steam and other services with old and new PC games that are of similar experience? If online services like Steam didnt exist Now might have been a better value for PC gamers. Multiplatform games are certainly not an attraction
3) The PC gamer that is also a console gamer (so potentially interested in PS games) owns a console too and hence has access to Now.
4) The other non PS platforms like tablets and phones dont offer an experience of the same quality, so its a free land.
i understand... it just seems like an odd omission...
Sony selling off its PC division is indicative of it leaving any and all, MS associated ecosystems alone...
Yes, that's why they're also in discussions to start producing Windows Phone 8's... oh, wait
Yes, that's why they're also in discussions to start producing Windows Phone 8's... oh, wait
I only considered it a rumor. I think they are fully in the android camp with their experia z line
Looks like sony is some decent sized turmoil, maybe not Nintendo size yet
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...l-loss-as-hirai-turnaround-stalls-on-tvs.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...l-loss-as-hirai-turnaround-stalls-on-tvs.html
He was right about Sony selling its PC division. Selling this though is not necessarily correlated with Playstation Now's absence from PC space. They dont need to make PC hardware to make software that expand their services on PCs
So with their pc unit being sold, if they also sold or trimmed their tv business then would Sony be in the clear? I see these Sony financial articles pop up from time to time but admittedly I'm not following it very closely, so I'm curious what they really need to turn things around. Their gaming, entertainment and camera businesses I presume are fine so it's just pc and tv that needs to be lopped off?
Both TV and PC business, obviously there most troublesome ones suffered from overpriced products that didnt offer any differentiaton from competition to excuse the premium price. Their PC hardware was stagnant. I really wonder why the never took notes from samsung's pricing model and value. Obviously people didnt like paying extra for a Sony logo
Sony's VAIO line ranges from entry level to bleeding edge. The high end stuff is very good, it appears they are selling off the PC division but retaining a piece of it. Could be smart for them if they can get their key leadership people focused on the initiatives which are going to make the company money. From the outside Sony looks like a very large, highly compartmentalized behemoth which is hard to manage.
That said I can't help but wonder if gaming is smart focus for any of these hardware companies.
That said I can't help but wonder if gaming is smart focus for any of these hardware companies.
i thought the vaio device i saw in the MS store was actually a remarkable piece of engineering
:http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...trabook-SVP13215PXB-Black/productID.283975800
Outside of battery life this was the sleekest, lightest, most attractive "ultrabook" I have ever seen. Literally fingertip light... if they cut the price... im on it...
:http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...trabook-SVP13215PXB-Black/productID.283975800
Outside of battery life this was the sleekest, lightest, most attractive "ultrabook" I have ever seen. Literally fingertip light... if they cut the price... im on it...
They did cut the price. Used to be $1800.
Ok cool, I'm always skeptical nowadays of traffic catching headlines, I figured the situation wasn't totally dire. Looks like the PC side is solved and apparently they are spinning off the TV business into another entity. So Sony proper should presumably be ok once all that settles, then it's up to that TV spin off company to stand on its own.
oh! only 700 more dollars to go then! LOL
Maye they cant afford too? At least that's the way I understood the TV battle. The Japanese cant match the Koreans on price (dont ask me why that is, maybe higher paid employees?).
Thus Sony's TV strategy last I heard was to go more upscale/premium.
