CNET:
Not that long ago, Japanese companies such as Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp were considered premium brands.
These days, the Japanese consumer-electronics giants have largely been reduced to also-rans, many of which struggle just to turn a profit. Today, Sony's debt was downgraded for the second time in a month to one notch above junk status by Moody's.
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Not only that Apple and Samsung are market leaders in smartphones and tablets. Apple, Asus and even Leveno make the best computers. Apple just dominates the portable MP3 market. LOL and Sony is last place in the console wars.
The reality hurts does it Sony fanboys?
now that thats out of the way
I must say the principle of what goes up must come down and the bubble bursts come into play. Sony cant keep going in the green every year eventually it has to stop and fall. they also made bonehead investments and very stupid moves, needless company absorption and buyouts just because they could.
in the case of Sony they just got greedy and its true they lost guidance, they got bigger and bigger to no end, they need to cut back to 2 divisions Video game + limited tv, computers and technology and music. and they need to cut everything else, those are the real bread makers only when done right. and its not the era of Japanese consumer all big companies with big impact are going to feel this soon enough with in the next 3 years.
also very interesting article, saved for future debates.