Sony, once the king of electronics, is ceding ground to its competitors in all markets.
If Sony withdraws from the game-console market, what will be left for it to do?
If Sony withdraws from the game-console market, what will be left for it to do?
Slide 11, "Q1-Q3 FY2018 Results by Segment" shows that all of Sony had an operating income of a bit over 800 billion yen. Of that, about 250 billion came from gaming and network services (so hardware + PSN, basically). By comparison, mobile communications _lost_ about 50 billion.
Sony cameras are still meh, they still overheat. They are relatively frustrating to use. Their autofocus tends to hunt in low light (great eye AF notwithstanding).
They win at video, almost overwhelmingly in specs. Unfortunately, I am into photography, not video.
This also contributes to extra sensor noise in long exposure shots in the dark, which Sony tries to mitigate with software. This leads to the infamous 'star eater' scenario.