With the PlayStation, Sony once dominated the console gaming market. With the Trinitron and the Walkman, it did the same to the TV and portable music player markets. These days, however, it’s struggling to hold its own in all three, competing with a host of formidable new rivals.
As the guy who’s responsible for every single Sony product a consumer can pick up, Kazuo Hirai, the company’s executive deputy president, talked during a wide-ranging interview at AsiaD today about the company’s new tablets, game players and efforts to regain market share. He would not, however, talk about whether Sony is interested in buying out Ericsson in its Sony Ericsson joint venture. Below, video highlights of the session: