Sony is bleeding money - business strategy discussion

Sonys problems profits not sales. They have bigger Electronics revenues than Samsung and Apple just not the profits.

 

Could be. If you can secure a developer who's games always sell well, you'll get more profit from them as a first party.

 

Sony is going to miss the holiday season in the US and EU with respect to the Vita.

 

I'm really not sure how you come to that but I'd say the ability to make money is brand value, but Sony margins certainly aren't what they were 10 years ago.

He does. Waning margins, bravia tvs losing money for 8 years in a row, little clues like that.

It would be nice if you had something to back that up. (ie. I'm uncertain that people would pick Sony over an equally priced Samsung atm)

 

Did Nintendo pull a MS with the 3DS?. Everything points to that. The Xbox360, Wii, 3DS initial stratagems were about outmanouvering the lumbering Electronics behemoth. Apple Samsung etc do it for fun.

 

Rumor mill:
Someone's laser TV & oled competitors?
http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=47934

With Quantum dot supposed to outclass OLED...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13023-quantumdot-displays-could-outshine-their-rivals.html

I'd love a Qdot TMOS TV , even if it's Rambus

 

Recent history of new display technologies is sad. OLED was invented what, 20 years ago?

And SED was killed in the crib because of patent disputes?

Of course Sony invested in a lot of different approaches and in the end couldn't produce an alternative to LCD/plasma.

 

If a display technology is decent to begin with (laser beam steering, CRT alikes, DLP , TMOS ) , it can be "bootstrapped" with Quantum Dot. Later it should be also possible to "grow" the Quantum Dot display by itself, nanotech is that incredible.
http://www.labspaces.net/112366/One_box_of_Girl_Scout_Cookies_worth_____billion

the 3 year away Q-dot forecast is way off IMO?

 

My take on vita is it was being sold at a pretty hefty loss . The quarterly results indicated significant savings were being made somewhere for the rest of the fiscal to hit there operating profit predictions.

 

Often times that sort of scenario isn't put in front of the consumer. And also Sony will sell a Xbr for 600 more and the cheaper alternatives are producing deeper blacks, more accurate color, more internet services, 3d glasses, etc. Crazy stuff. They've just gotten themselves together with the top of line HX series, but you'll need to drop 3k on it. But anyway market share, capital, etc. We know companies like Vizio and Samsung own the market in the US. Definitely getting some traction with consumers in contrast with Sony who's currently struggling.

 

Yet more firefighting by Stringer, Hirai. Have they been asleep the last 6 years?. We're in a critical moment in regards the mobile space ie ipad, iphone etc, Sony need a BIG mobile product as a base. Vita to $200 or below and Stringer should call off his latest inconsequential music company purchase. That Stringer's/Hirai's Sony's Chairman is frightening for Sony imo.

 

I remember reading that, a few years ago, there is (was ?) a camp of Sony execs and board member(s) who fought to keep the TV business intact. Stringer couldn't take his knife to it.

Mobile device ? They are already doing too much: S1, S2, Xperia Phone, Vita, Vaio. ^_^

 

Do you have any evidence to back that up? Because what I see in stores is Sony priced about the same as Samsung and Samsung selling 50% more units (based on TV market share). Obviously it's not nearly that simple, but I don't see how Sony as a brand has any premium over their competition.

 

I seem to remeber sony was the most trusted/valued (or something) brand in the world for 5 years in a row (up to about 2010)
I think apple might be #1 now, a google will turn up the info if you wish

 

I'm not eager to hunt for someone else's argument, if you want to present it, feel free.

As for number 1, I recall that being Google in a number of surveys.

 

wouldn't decreased sales equate a loss of brand quality ?

Obviously at one point people were willing to buy sony even costing extra , now they aren't buying sony even when priced the same as other companys.

My father used to swear by Sony when I was younger , but having multiple bad sony tvs , dvd players and just recently a bluray player he has now started looking at other brands.