As Sony News Tuesday continues, the embattled hardware maker takes it on the chin again, this time courtesy a real zinger of an Associated Press piece. It opens:
TOKYO (AP) - It has been an annus horribilis for Sony (NYSE:SNE).
The Japanese electronics company has been hit with a string of embarrassments that have dented its reputation for quality.
You know. The usual. Stock drops three points. But then they introduce a brand new wrinkle:
Investors worried about the product after Macquarie Equities analyst David Gibson wrote in a report that PlayStation 3 units on display at the Tokyo Game Show about 10 days ago operated erratically and had to be repeatedly reset.
"While the reason for this is unknown, we suspect it may be due to overheating as a result of enclosing the units and the high temperatures at the venue," Gibson wrote in the report Monday. "We are concerned that such a problem has occurred so close to full production and is clearly negative news for the company."
To be fair, I doubt the problems exhibited at Tokyo Game Show are going to be indicative of the final product. We were all a little cranky then. Collapsing of heat exhaustion would be normal for man or machine in the Makuhari Messe.
