BNET Industries
Market Cap:$29.0B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$70.5B
- Public
- JP
Dow Jones Description
The Sony Group is primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products & components), Game (such as PlayStation), Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music), and Financial Services (such as insurance and banking) sectors. Not only do we represent a wide range of businesses, but we remain globally unique. Our aim is to fully leverage this uniqueness in aggressively carrying out our convergence strategy so that we can continue to emotionally touch and excite our customers.
Number of Employees 171,300
Contact Information
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
(81) 3 5448 2180
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing: 334310
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Sony PS3 Price Drops May Have Kickstarted Overall Console Sales
BNET
- 2009-12-09
Sony saw a big spike in PS3 sales at the end of November. The question is whether this will help the division get closer to profitability. by Erik Sherman
Microsoft to ramp up non-game content on Xbox
Strategy Eye
- 2009-11-17
Microsoft is reportedly accelerating plans to turn its Xbox 360 games console into a home entertainment hub by introducing content from UK broadcasters Channel 4 and the BBC, as well as social network MySpace. The online features would join Sky TV, which appeared on the platform last month, as...
Sony connects PlayStation 3 to Facebook
Strategy Eye
- 2009-11-17
Sony is integrating Facebook with its PlayStation 3 gaming console, reflecting a trend for console makers to introduce diverse media types in a bid to provide more than just gaming. The integration follows hot on the heels of Microsoft’s introduction of Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm access to its Xbox...
Microsoft, Sony Were Right, Consoles Are the Future. Where's Apple?
BNET
- 2009-11-13
Sony and Microsoft once predicted that game consoles would become the entertainment centers of the future. It looks like they were right, and that might be a problem for Apple. by Erik Sherman
PS3, Xbox 360 Price Cuts Drive Sales?Will Nintendo Cave And Slash Wii Pricing, Too?
PaidContent
- 2009-09-04
Back-to-back $100 price drops from Sony and Microsoft for the PS3 and Xbox, respectively, pumped up sales of both consoles in just over a week. Sony (NYSE: SNE) sold just over 75,900 PS3s—more than double the number of units it sold the previous week—and up 16 percent vs....
Microsoft keeps Sony at bay
Financial Times
- 2009-08-27
Microsoft yesterday acted to consolidate its lead over Sony in the current generation of games consoles as it cut the price of its top-end Xbox 360 to counter a similar move last week by its Japanese rival.The cuts come at the start of the busy autumn season, which usually...
Console Price Wars: Microsoft Drops Xbox Elite Down To $299
PaidContent
- 2009-08-27
Hoping to boost console sales this holiday season, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has dropped the price of its Elite Xbox 360 to $299. The $100 price cut comes just about a week after Sony finally slashed the price of the PS3, also to $299. But to hear Xbox 360 Product...
Video games
Financial Times
- 2009-08-19
Better late than never. Sony's move to knock $100 off the price of its PlayStation3 gaming console will be cheered by would-be gamers put off by the gadget's rather formidable price tag. Before Tuesday's 25 per cent price cut, Sony's flagship console cost double that of Microsoft's entry-level Xbox...
New YouTube TV channel available on games consoles
Strategy Eye
- 2009-01-19
The newly launched YouTube TV service is now available via the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation3 browsers. YouTube has created a dedicated URL where videos are optimised for TV display, with larger text and simplified navigation tools. At the moment, the service does not work on PC browsers. by...
Microsoft Xbox 360: Making It Up in Volume
BNET
- 2008-07-11
There's an old business joke about losing money on every unit but trying to make it up on volume. That came to mind when I read of Microsoft's planned price cut on a popular Xbox 360 model to better compete with Sony: As early as Sunday, Microsoft, of Redmond,...
| Volume | 202,954 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.0B |
| Market Cap | 29.0B |
| Year High | 30.82 |
| Year Low | 15.64 |
| Earnings Per Share | -2.25 |
| P/E Ratio | N/A |
| Dividend | 0.2553 |
| Yield | 0.883697 |
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