Walkman outsells iPod in Japan for first time in four years




TOKYO (AFP) -
The Walkman outsold the iPod in Japan last week for the first time in four years, handing Japanese electronics giant Sony a rare victory over arch-rival Apple, a survey showed.

Sony's share of the Japanese market for portable music players stood at 43.0 percent in the week to August 30, ahead of Apple which had 42.1 percent, according to the Tokyo-based marketing research company BCN Inc.

Sony has had a tough time in recent years in the face of the huge popularity of the iPod and other rival products such as Nintendo's Wii.

BCN said Walkman sales were benefiting from an expanded product lineup and more affordable prices.

The iPod has also been a victim of Apple's own success because some people are buying the iPhone -- which doubles as a portable music player -- instead. Sales of the iPhone are not included in the survey.

But Sony's victory was bittersweet because overall sales of portable music players are on the decline in Japan, BCN said.

The launch of the Walkman three decades ago revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music and helped transform Sony into a global electronics powerhouse.

But in recent years it has failed to match the success of Apple, which sold 100 million iPods in less than six years after its 2001 launch, making it the fastest selling music player in history. Sales have since topped 200 million.

Sony, the maker of Bravia televisions and PlayStation game consoles, announced in May its first annual loss in 14 years and is on course to stay in the red for a second year for the first time in half a century.

Chief executive Howard Stringer is slashing 16,000 jobs and axing about 10 percent of the manufacturing plants in a bid to return to profit.

不容易，在ipod饱和的缝隙到第一名领奖台溜达一下。ipod下代出晚了。

ipod千篇一律，每次升级加一个别人有了n年的功能，为啥还那么多人买

[posted by wap]

产品线分布广？

要是老j的9月发布会后,sony还能坚挺那才是胜利.
这东西实在太贵了...

iphone也算ipod的话，还是差得远吧

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原帖由 arex 于 2009-9-5 09:02 发表
iphone也算ipod的话，还是差得远吧

iphone日本市占率很低，岛民都用MP3听歌，不用手机

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原帖由 mirokuneal 于 2009-9-5 05:10 发表
ipod千篇一律，每次升级加一个别人有了n年的功能，为啥还那么多人买

您说真的吗

[posted by wap]

IPOD就是忽悠木耳的。

[posted by wap]

IPOD就是忽悠木耳的。

[posted by wap, platform: Nokia]

不容易啊

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原帖由 alucardx2004 于 2009-9-5 12:39 发表
[posted by wap]

IPOD就是忽悠木耳的。

95%的人都是木耳...

曾经不可一世的walkman现在也沦落到在日本本土销量超过ipod也要大肆宣扬一下了................

[ 本帖最后由 kalberte 于 2009-9-5 13:14 编辑 ]

好歹翻译一下吧
[手机3G坛发帖]

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原帖由 mirokuneal 于 2009-9-5 05:10 发表
ipod千篇一律，每次升级加一个别人有了n年的功能，为啥还那么多人买

又是这种用都没用过就脑补的人来发表比成千上万的用过的人更高的见解。