08-17-2006, 11:03 AM
I Guess the antithesis of this would for arguments sake be that they are a great company, supported by the following (unresarched) comments:
1. They sell huge quantities of consumer electronics beyond what is publicly known, such as batteries (that are exploding, yay!), internal components, computers, computer parts, DVD's, CD's, car audio, home audio (both cheap and crappy and high fidelity and expensive), etc.
2. They are good at testing markets and trying new things. I once had a little gadget from Sony that you clicked when you heard a good song on the radio. You then plugged it into a USB port on your PC and it searched a database of songs that were played at that time on the station you were listening to. Didn't work, failed miserably, but a pretty cool idea. (Just as an example).
3. Microsoft has excelled by establishing the "industry standard" and I think Sony has aspired to do that same.
As I think of more I'll post...
But I agree that they have messed up in a lot of ways. However, I think they have succeeded in a lot of ways too, and it might not be fair to criticize them for being balsy enough to try ideas out that are a high-risk situation. I think they balance high risk/high return with low risk/low (but guaranteed) return pretty well.
1. They sell huge quantities of consumer electronics beyond what is publicly known, such as batteries (that are exploding, yay!), internal components, computers, computer parts, DVD's, CD's, car audio, home audio (both cheap and crappy and high fidelity and expensive), etc.
2. They are good at testing markets and trying new things. I once had a little gadget from Sony that you clicked when you heard a good song on the radio. You then plugged it into a USB port on your PC and it searched a database of songs that were played at that time on the station you were listening to. Didn't work, failed miserably, but a pretty cool idea. (Just as an example).
3. Microsoft has excelled by establishing the "industry standard" and I think Sony has aspired to do that same.
As I think of more I'll post...
But I agree that they have messed up in a lot of ways. However, I think they have succeeded in a lot of ways too, and it might not be fair to criticize them for being balsy enough to try ideas out that are a high-risk situation. I think they balance high risk/high return with low risk/low (but guaranteed) return pretty well.
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1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +