I had heard some time (over a year) ago that some catastrophic setbacks in the production of their play station cost so much money, they would never make any money on it and would likely lose a load of money that would have to be made up through other parts of Sony.
Jeffery On Apr 24, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Recent articles in various newspaper business sections have talked about Sony > Corp's attempts to stop losing money. The general impression is that they > have far too many product lines with much competition rather than cooperation > across various fiefdoms within the corporation. The new President (CEO?) has > stated an intent to focus on three key products: TV's, digital imaging, and > something else that I have forgotten. The previous President (CEO?) has > stated that the strategy is a good one and that he was unable to get the > various engineers to work toward common goals; everyone is apparently trying > to be the one to develop the next Walkman. So he is skeptical that the > strategy can be implemented. > > So anyway, SONY is in trouble, has stated an intent to keep "digital imaging" > as one of a few key product lines, and we shall see. > > stan > > On Apr 23, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Boris, >> That's an interesting question. >> The rumor around here is that Sony is having profit problems. >> They should give the 35mm SLR's more time to take hold. >> I'm sure their point-n-shoot sales are being hit by 'no-name' competition, >> besides what Canon, Nikon, and other name brands are selling. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 4/23/2012 07:06, P. J. Alling wrote: >>>> >>>> I think Sony may have abandoned their full frame line. Both are >>>> discontinued and have been for some time. A pity really since the A900 >>>> was supposed to be quite nice, and the A850 was very inexpensive for >>>> what it was. >>> >>> >>> It might be so. A pity really. I wonder if Nikon D800's sensor has Sony >>> hands on it. If so I wonder what kind of agreement is signed between the two >>> companies. >>> >>> Boris >>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
