It's not that the Japanese are bad at software. But the big electronics companies never realized the importance of software/hardware integration. Sony even has

It's not that the Japanese are bad at software. But the big electronics companies never realized the importance of software/hardware integration. Sony even has a lot of in-house expertise that is probably just not put into god use. There is no reason why the on-screen menus on a top-of-the-line Sony TV should be slow when they also make the PS3 operating system.