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Sony To Exit PC Business By Selling VAIO
Sony will sell off its lackluster PC division and focus on spinning off its TV business into a standalone entity by June. The company’s announcement confirms a report yesterday that Japan Industrial Partners planned to purchase the VAIO brand. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but Nikkei reported that it may be up to 50 billion yen ($490 million).
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I thought it would have been a bit more.
But when you compare the products, Sony has always been about entertainment. Sony's gaming consoles and TVs have always been very competitive. While they have made decent laptops, they have never really been very competitive in that specific market. In the future, I believe laptops are going to be used more strictly for work purposes than entertainment. If this is truly the case, then Sony will benefit from focusing their efforts on where they are already successful.