by Nick Dowell
Sony has announced they are cutting off their entire VAIO PC business, which is to be sold to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). Instead of focusing on PCs, the company has decided to concentrate on its mobile production lineup of smartphones and tablets.
Sony has announced they are cutting off their entire VAIO PC business, which is to be sold to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). Instead of focusing on PCs, the company has decided to concentrate on its mobile production lineup of smartphones and tablets.
As part of
the transfer, Sony
has said in a press release that they will “cease planning, design, and
development of PC products. Manufacturing and sales will be discontinued after
the Spring 2014 lineup to be launched globally.”
Sony has
also stated that even after they withdraw from the PC market, customers who own
VAIO PCs will continue to receive aftercare customer services.
It seems
Sony’s motivation for this change is the expected net loss of $1.1 billion by
the end of the fiscal year ending in 2014.
Despite the
losses fueling this move, Sony has seen some positive growth in their gaming
division, which can be tied to the launch of the release of the Playstation 4
in November of last year, which
had sold 4.2 million units as of December 28 of last year. With
that, the company has also seen some growth in its mobile market.
How will
Sony’s increased focus to their gaming, mobile, and TV divisions affect their
future profits? While only time will tell, hopefully it means fans of the
company can see some new innovations coming to their favorite products.
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