Howard Stringer jumps for joy thanks to European launch
Unless Sir Howard Stringer recently woke up from some kind of coma, he should've been out and about proclaiming his hoorays a few weeks ago -- not now. That aside, he sat down to talk about his impressions on the European launch and most of it was glowing praise. Citing around 800,000 units sold in the region, Howard said "I think [in] the first two days in the UK, GBP 100m (USD 199m) revenue changed hands and that's probably the largest consumer electronics sale in history." He thinks. Again, coma.
We're not ragging on the guy, he's nice enough. He felt that Sony lived up to expectations in Europe where they might have fallen short in Japan. As far as competition goes, he also says that the battle isn't over -- the competition are all staring each other in the face, but "we haven't quite shaken hands all the way around." What do you guys think? Was there less hatred over there in Europe upon launch? Were you severely disappointed with what was offered upon launch?
