may 14 2014 151 intro all the best stuff is made in japan that was marty mcfly in back to the future part iii in 1990 when sony was introducing popular personal audio equipment the japanesebased company is still introducing some popular geekworthy gadgets but many of their products have not caught on as profitable products sony announced today a net loss of 1284 billion yen or about 126 billion for its 2014 fiscal year the company said it predicted a net loss of about 489 million for the year ending march 2010 much less than the loss reported today but far from the profit analysts had expected the wall street journal reported a large chunk of the most recent loss was due to the companys exit from the pc business and other charges according to its earnings report but has sony lost all of its 90s glitz rakuten securities senior market analyst masayuki doshida told reuters the markets were taking a positive view of sonys restructuring a sony spokesman could not be reached for comment today heres a look at some of sonys hits and misses quicklisttitle playstationmedia 20868725category hit text a sonys gaming console playstation 4 ps4 is seen displayed during a press conference in hong kong in this nov 7 2013 file photo sony has been winning the console battle against microsofts xbox as of late since the promotion to president and ceo of kazuo hirai in april 2012 sony has been knocking balls out of the park to appropriate a metaphor from another form of gaming with its living room console offering forbes writes read more dont freak out if you havent booked your private jet to cannes yet quicklisttitle the sony store media 23718497category misstext the onestop shop for everything sony as the company calls it never quite gained the traction of apple stores in february the company announced it was closing 20 stores in the country with about a dozen remaining in the us today quicklisttitle playstation portablemedia 23718171category hit text hanging onto the coattails of its living room console set playstation portable 3000 has also remained a hit with many gaming fans at about 150 a pop on amazoncom 825 reviewers give it an average of 44 out of five stars sales in sonys game division increased 385 percent yearoveryear to 95 billion the company reported today sony attributed the increase to the launch of ps4 playstation 3 hardware unit sales decreased while ps3 software sales increased the company said quicklisttitle phonesmedia 23718070category misstext yes sony makes phones though they may not be as prevalent as apples iphone or samsungs devices which can boast of nba star lebron james as spokesman dont count sony out yet the new sony xperia z2 received a positive review by engadget a few weeks ago the tech site called the large android device an easy phone to recommend though its not available in the us yet quicklisttitle 3d tvs and computersmedia 23718225category misstext whether its the