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Originally Posted by HarryT
There are some extremely successful Japanese PC makers: Sony and Fujitsu, to name but two.
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Fujitsu right now plans downsizing staff by 10% to 20%. Very rare in Japan.
Personally, I don't see a specific "Japanese problem".
Same applies for HP or Dell.
Basically, almost all "box selling" companies have enormous problems for a decade now.
2 main reasons, in my personal opinion:
a.) If Chinese manufacturers can push tablets for € 100 into the market, it doesn't make any sense at all to try to compete over price. Even if you win that price battle, you won't generate any margins.
b.) Consumers have been bombarded with benchmark prices for years. They expect such price levels for everything: I've read reviews in iTunes "for such a high price I would have expected a better game"- The game was € 5! I still remember the good old times of C64 with 100 German Marks = € 50 per game! This permanent "all is too expensive" attitude of consumers has led to a downwards spiral. HOw should a manufacturer nowadays deliver quality products for such low prices? So they deliver mediocre quality. And the spiral continues...