"All Sony's great successes were in hardware. Mechanical hardware." There's a similar conclusion from this BBC report titled "What happened to Japan's electron

"All Sony's great successes were in hardware. Mechanical hardware." There's a similar conclusion from this BBC report titled "What happened to Japan's electronic giants?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21992700 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21992700 Interesting to read from the above link that Hitachi, also once known for it's consumer electronics products, is now focusing on heavy engineering as the core of its business (gas turbines, steam turbines, nuclear power plants, and high-speed trains).