I wonder if the aging population of Japan had anything to do with the comeback. The NYT did a really nice video feature on the Aibo fan following a while back,

I wonder if the aging population of Japan had anything to do with the comeback. The NYT did a really nice video feature on the Aibo fan following a while back, the elderly couple featured must be pretty excited https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/technology/robotica-sony-aibo-robotic-dog-mortality.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/technology/robotica-sony-...