Sony Lost The Plot

Mike Howes 11 May, 2006 at 3:22pm ET Article published in Tech

It had the designers, the material, the loyal fan-base and Microsoft as main rivals. How could it lose?
Nick Farrell of the Inquirer gives us a tongue in cheek, fly on the wall peek into a “typical” Sony Board Meeting….

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

11 May 2006 ~ 4:01pm Garg :welshflag

I've been looking for a reason to use this flag for a long time
11 May 2006 ~ 11:02pm Jengo i still cant beilive those idiots copied in a way, the WiiMote
11 May 2006 ~ 11:21pm drasnor This is news? Shouldn't this be in the pub as an editorial?

-drasnor
12 May 2006 ~ 12:19am Linc "News" has a pretty broad meaning in that sense because it's really a catch-all for everything else out there on the web. I post editorials as "news" fairly frequently if they have something valid to say
12 May 2006 ~ 12:24pm Garg

Jengo wrote:

i still cant beilive those idiots copied in a way, the WiiMote

The Wiimote was copied off a relatively unsuccessful 1999 Logitech product. Marketing it as "revolutionary" and forcing your developers to use it makes all the difference.