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Sony to cut TV, Smartphone lineup; sees growth in PlayStation, image sensors
- Thread starter Radec
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FF Seraphim
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They needed to cut TV a long time ago considering they inability to compete price wise and quality wise with Samsung.
Tangoownage
Member
Hope they done give up on their high end phones. The z series is really starting to shine
gundamkyoukai
Member
It's about time they did this, better to go for sure profit than chase big sales you might not get.
Nightengale
Member
DualShockers has the slides that detail that top-level business strategy for SCEI in the short-to-mid term.
It's pretty reasonable, actually.
Tempesta di Fuoco
Banned
They are still selling... Just not really well compared to its competitors.
Saint Gregory
Member
Hmm, this sounds really good...
What? Oh god no
Yeah. Bought a Z3 Compact for the mother in law and set it up for her, really nice device, much better in terms of software than the Samsung Touchwiz garbage.
Nikodemos
Member
Hopefully they'll get rid of all the low- and mid-end phones that have been doing nothing for them profit-wise.
[Playstation Vue] intensifies.What? Oh god no
FalsettoVibe
Member
About time...
wanderjahr
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j0hnny_385
Member
I just bought a Sony TV (50" W705). You're welcome, Kaz!
Hmm, this sounds really good...
What? Oh god no
Did you miss all the stuff on PlayStation Vue? Actually sounds cool (provided the price is right)
Hopefully they will focus on the high-end.
Seems a tad risky to me considering they're not even sure why the PS4 is selling so well right now.
theDeeDubs
Member
I always see this but I don't feel they are that bad. Sony TVs are still my go to TV brand. Not sure what I would get if they completely got out of the TV business to be honest as I'm not a fan of Samsung.
FeiRR
Banned
I do. I hate cheap crap.
McHuj
Member
Too bad for Sony, I mostly like their products. In almost a span of a year, I went from no Sony products to several (PS4, TV, headphones, and BR player).
In terms of styling, gaming lag, and picture quality I much prefer the Sony TV's over Samsung, but luckily I was able to get it on a deal at Fry's because otherwise it wasn't price competitively.
In terms of styling, gaming lag, and picture quality I much prefer the Sony TV's over Samsung, but luckily I was able to get it on a deal at Fry's because otherwise it wasn't price competitively.
Their tvs are actually among some of the best for gaming, and you're not playing the panel lottery like you tend to with a samsung.
Gaming modes have been getting progressively worse on tvs since all people seem to care about is a cheap price, and Sony has been more or less the hold out from that.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
They actually have some of the best damn tvs around. Price wise I agree with you. But Sony TVs are nothing if not quality sets.
ManUtdRedDevils
Member
The Sony W900A is an amazing tv that was priced well.
Begaria
Member
Maybe. This early on, it's hard to tell. However, the PS4 has the leading market share of the consoles right now. If they can capture more Playstation Plus members, broaden their services like Playstation Music/Vue/Now across all of their Sony brands (Vita/PS4/Sony TVs), or third parties (iOS/Android), they might be on to something.
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Deleted member 20920
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I hope they still continue their phone business. Just stop releasing so many different models and focus on a few. And release them timely in important markets like the US, not months later.
Seriously. If it's a good enough price I'd consider replacing our cable service with it (not that I have a problem with them but they want out of that market so they keep raising prices. They even have deals to go get tv with Dish network to try to convince people to stop buying tv stuff from them. Not sure why they can't just outright discontinue it but it's very obvious they want to just focus on being an ISP. So I get the feeling I better look for something to replace it. I like Netflix but I would like some sort of service that is airing random stuff throughout the day. I do kinda like that format for just finding stuff to watch. Netflix is better when you know what you want to watch).
onetoescape
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Getting worried about Sony. Putting all there eggs in the ps4 basket. If Ms continues its aggressive pricing Sony are damned if they cut the price and damned if they don't.
Dougieflesh
Member
Fully agree. Samsung Tv's have almost no equal in my eyes. Their tv's have been good to me and I've been brand loyal in return and only recommend Samsung tv's to others who ask me.
Moving4Motion
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I don't understand why the Xperia phones aren't doing well. I had a Z1 briefly before it was stolen and I absolutely loved it. The Z3 looks awesome...
razgriz417
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I really hope they keep coming out with their Z series phones, tho refreshing every 6 months is kinda insane. Would rather see them come out with a new flagship every year, and actually push and support the handsets they produce
John Bender
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More power for PlayStation sounds damn good to me.
People shouldn't repeat stuff they have heard somewhere on the internet.
Best TV's for gaming!
My 80" BRAVIA is fucking awesome and the price was great.
People shouldn't repeat stuff they have heard somewhere on the internet.
Best TV's for gaming!
lastflowers
Banned
If your tv doesn't last 5 years it's a shitty tv. That's nothing to be proud of. That isn't to say I doubt they've turned around their TV business to sell good, high quality products.
I got suckered into one of their VAIOs (2011 SA, the second most exp at the time), and it was hot garbage. Cheap feeling construction, poor battery life, low performant, but at least it had a really, really nice screen on it!
It's good to see them focus their efforts and clean up the product line. When they make a high quality product, it's often times fantastic. Some of their cameras are quite spectacular. I would have gotten on of the NEXes except for the lens platform.
Saint Gregory
Member
Nope I saw it, I just don't have any faith that they'll handle it any better than PlayStation Now. That quote also makes it sound like their plan is to milk PS4 owners with non-gaming related services which I thought we hated around these parts.
I wanted to hear that they were planning on raising revenue by making the PS4 a more successful gaming platform honestly.
Devilgunman
Member
See this coming a mile away. Need to trim bad fat to keep company healthy.
vpance
Member
PS+ subs quadrupled since launch and PS will make them boatloads in 3 years. And Japanese pubs love Vita, were my 2 main takeaways from the presentation.
Their TV division is hurting because the quality difference now isn't near as much as it was 10 years ago between a Sony and an off-brand. Hell, Vizio has come into its own over the past few years and it started as a cheap off-brand and is now becoming a strong competitor in the TV market. Sony can't just compete on image quality, but also with price.
As for phones, it would help if their flagship phones were released to a wider audience. I would have picked up a Z2 day one if I had the chance, but it never came. They need to be able to release their new handsets and get them in the hands of as many people as possible. Sony also needs to slow its roll on how fast they release them, as the Z4 is coming early next year when we were just waiting on seeing the Z2 stateside in May of this year.
As for phones, it would help if their flagship phones were released to a wider audience. I would have picked up a Z2 day one if I had the chance, but it never came. They need to be able to release their new handsets and get them in the hands of as many people as possible. Sony also needs to slow its roll on how fast they release them, as the Z4 is coming early next year when we were just waiting on seeing the Z2 stateside in May of this year.
Orniletter
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I can´t comment on the USA, but they are about the same as Samsung TVs in europe, maybe a tiny bit more.
...but they are vastly superior when you want to play games .
Moving4Motion
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I bought a high end Samsung TV a few years ago, absolutely useless for gaming. Horrific input lag.
Still has a fantastic image quality to this day though.
loaf of bread
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Yeah, I'm sure everyone at Sony is sitting around saying "I have no idea why people are buying this." I'm sure they know what they're doing.