The Games Sony Play.
The following case analysis describes and analyzes Sony's strategies used in launching the PlayStation - a gaming console that became one of the most popular gaming systems in the game industry. Sony's PlayStation story started with Nintendo Co. that wanted to incorporate CD-ROM (Sony's technology) into their gaming system. Sony agreed to create the PlayStation, a system that would allow playing games from a CD-ROM drive. However, the two companies couldn't agree with the conditions …
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…the company power shift down to the departments, Sony can be better prepared in the future as to how they do business and what businesses to enter.
References
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