Sony report reveals mobile business is in decline, persisting PS5 supply issues
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
forfocksake, 03 Feb 2022Sony report reveals mobile business is in decline, persisti... moreThat is an unfortunate by product of console gaming, expensive accessories, peripherals and games, this is a sales strategy called loss leader tactics, the console is sold at a loss so they have to claw that money back through other means, online subscriptions, controllers etc...
A friend of mine has spent more on controllers than he had originally spent on his Xbox One.
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- 03 Feb 2022
sa11oum, 03 Feb 2022The PS5 is available everywhere... for 800$. I won't p... morei would not even spend £500 on a console never have never will
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- Anonymous
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RealLifePhones, 03 Feb 2022Sony can't even leverage that to sell their TVs with V... moreSony was just lucky anyway. The PS5 outsells the Xbox Series slightly. Both of them are heavily outsold by the Switch.
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- 03 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 02 Feb 2022Can't understand how Sony can win a console war genera... moreSony can't even leverage that to sell their TVs with VRR & 4K120 not working for two years and still needing work so what do you expect
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- 03 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022You're the misinformation. Stop it.
"(ー) Decreas... moreYup, "decrease in sales... due to decrease in unit sales". Man, you got that right alright. :D
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- 03 Feb 2022
Sony report reveals mobile business is in decline, persisting PS5 supply issues totally correct not helping us also I am note sure if
everyone is willing to spend £500 for a console £60 for a control pad and £50-60 per game
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022I dunno, but if I jad to guess... It probably have some to ... moreExactly. Sony needs to fix this ASAP. They should release the Xperia 1 IV in March 2022 if they want to be competitive.
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
Tann Hauser, 03 Feb 2022Of course they wont.
From the report it is clear that E... moreYou're the misinformation. Stop it.
"(ー) Decrease in sales of Audio and Video, digital cameras and smartphones due to a decrease in unit sales"
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/21q3_sonyspeech.pdf
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
I dunno, but if I jad to guess... It probably have some to do with announcing a phone, then making it globally available 10 month later at the announcement price point. How to compete with other brands that already is already cheaper by default and having discounts?
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
FullmetalJun, 03 Feb 2022Seeing how the PS5 is still selling for $800-$1000, Sony sh... moreNo, people who buy from scalpers are the minority.
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
I had a PS1, PS2 and PS3, but then I got into PC Gaming and then I left console gaming behind. Games just got too expensive on console and I couldn't be bothered with subscriptions for online services.
As for their phones I wanted an Xperia 5 III but the price was too much for me, I'd hate to see Sony bow out of the phone trade, because you're starting to see more and more manufacturers charging more money for less features year on year. It is nice to see a phone with no notch or hole punch, and useful things like expandable storage and a headphone socket.
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- 03 Feb 2022
They should asked Intel to be secondary chip supplier ages ago, then made a deal with AMD or Nvidia to supply GPUs if Intel`s GPU chips is not sufficient.
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Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022Please Sony, don't kill your mobile phone division lik... moreOf course they wont.
From the report it is clear that Electronics division has atm 76%, and will have 90% YoY profit increase, and judging by the report of Q3 also which states cameras/TV/audio and video electronics, not mobile, are the ones that lost profit, it seems Mobile is most stable income provider for Sonys Electronics division this year.
This article is misinformation.
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- 03 Feb 2022
I don't know how regular buyer can consider buying sony phone, they are overpriced. They have to set prices bellow chinese brands, but they are aiming to apple price tags.. I had galaxy a52, bought pricier xperia 10 III because of the compact size and it was absolute shit , because worst camera I have ever seen since year 2014 and overal speed. In that price range (250-400) you can get OIS, better chipset. So then I bought iphone 11, paid 470EUR, best decision ever
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- 03 Feb 2022
I think is obvious.. When you do that ugly thin "phones".. Yes.. Defenetly goes down..
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Arena, can you read right? Or is it just wishful thinking?
Report:
https://ibb.co/DpmtBLK
Nowhere is it mentioned mobile dragged Electronics in decline, just mentioned in decrease of sales of Electronics overall.
In fact, the report clearly states Q3 decline was due to decrease in operating income from video and audio, TVs and digital cameras.
Overall, Electronics saw this decrease in Q3, but Q1-Q3 2021 saw Electronics profit YoY increase 76%, and forecast for Q4 says increase by surplus 20%.
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- sa11oum
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- 03 Feb 2022
The PS5 is available everywhere... for 800$. I won't pay a 60% premium over Sony's 500$ pricetag.
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- 03 Feb 2022
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022Definitely, Microsoft especially on launch. But having b... moreBecause they already have the experience with all sorts of locked-in proprietary BS crap and know better. It would backfire so massively, especially when their competition's key selling point is that their Xbox Game Pass service works everywhere (e.g., Xbox, PC, Android, iOS, web-browser).
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
They are such a big company. Try reducing the price of the phones then their phones will sell like anything because of such good brands. These big companies can actually bear some loss or reduced profits but greed to charge premium for their brands will make them shut the business. Nobody will buy Chinese phones if Sony or LG would have priced reasonably for their phones. LG is gone from mobile. Other big companies better learn from it.
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2022
Please Sony, don't kill your mobile phone division like LG did. I think in next few generations, people will realize Sony design is better and other manufacturers are removing features, while Sony is preferring function over form.