Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

In article ,
Lawrence H. Bulk wrote:

Sony is "a ass!"

No, the're smart. Up until 1999 Sony was a consumer electronics company.
Since 1999 they have been an electronic game company that made about 10%
or so of their income from ALL of their other products.

In 1999 they made more money from the Playstation than all of their other
products combined in the history of the company.

The best thing they could do is sell off what is not Playstation related and
concentrate on their "cash cow".

But there's still money to be made in consumer electronics, and even
shortwave radios. Look at Degen's product line, which is almost
exclusively SW capable radios. Problem is, Japan is an extremely high
cost country, and Playstation is a high cost (and high yield) product,
and consumer electronics is low yield, so it makes sense for Sony to
focus on Playstation. The danger is that somebody else will come along
with a better game console and PS will become the next Sega Genesis
(remember that?) and Sony, having put all its eggs in one basket, will
go casters up. Personally, I think the future of consumer electronics is
in China instead of Japan, and Sony's betting the farm on PS is a
reflection of a struggle to stay afloat in the face of Chinese
competition.