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Originally Posted by boswd
Weird company that is of that size to allow this to happen.
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Aside from the Playstation, Sony has seemed quite flat-footed since the convergence between consumer electronics and computers began. And even with the Playstation, they let Nintendo come back from having one foot in the grave to leapfrogging right over them.
I agree, it does seem they rely on the reputation forged in the 70s and 80s, but it's a different game now. Many categories of consumer electronics products are not expected to last 10 years (as many people will upgrade after 2 or 3 years), so the Sony brand doesn't carry the pricing clout it did back when folks were buying Trinitrons they wanted to last for 15 years.