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Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, speaks during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, speaks with Gerard Baker, Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal, during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, arrives on stage to speak during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, speaks during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, speaks during the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony seen through a smart phone, adresses the media after a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015.REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony adresses the media after a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony addresses the media during a news conference at the consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony presents the new mobile phone Z5 to the media at the Consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt 

Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony presents the new mobile phone Z5 to the media at the Consumer electronics trade fair IFA in Berlin, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt 

An old Walkman from Sony is pictured at the concept store "Knick-Knack to the Future" in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2015. The Berlin-based collective of artists, called copy & waste, selling coffee, cupcakes and "Back to Future"-themed bags, shoes and T-shirts. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Sony Corp's Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida leaves a news conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

A man uses his mobile phone next to Sony Corp's PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

A reception staff works under a logo of Sony Corp at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

Visitors look at a television monitor showing an advertisement for Sony Corp's digital camera at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

Sony Corp's Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida (C) speaks during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

Sony Corp's Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida speaks during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

Sony Corp's Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida attends a news conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2015. Sony Corp on Thursday reported a 39 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong sales of camera sensors and PlayStation 4 videogames, beating analyst estimates and helping to reassure investors a recent stock offering would pay off. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 

Takayuki Sekitori, president of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, attends an unveiling event for its new laptop Vaio Z and tablet Vaio Z Canvas in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEADSHOT) 

An employee of of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, performs a demonstration on its new tablet Vaio Z Canvas during an unveiling event in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

An employee of of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, poses with its new laptop Vaio Z during an unveiling event in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Takayuki Sekitori, president of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, attends an unveiling event for its new laptop Vaio Z and tablet Vaio Z Canvas in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Takayuki Sekitori, president of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, poses with its new laptop Vaio Z during an unveiling event in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Takayuki Sekitori, president of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, poses with its new laptop Vaio Z during an unveiling event in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Takayuki Sekitori, president of Vaio Corp, Sony's former personal computer division which was sold off after poor sales, poses with its new laptop Vaio Z during an unveiling event in Tokyo February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

A signage is seen posted on the box office window at the Sunshine Cinema in New York December 17, 2014. The New York premiere of "The Interview", a Sony Pictures comedy about the assassination of North Korean President Kim Jong-Un, has been canceled and a source said one theatre chain had scrapped plans to show it, after threats from a hacking group. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

A drone with Sony Action Cam Mini is pictured at the IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin, September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Sony Smartband Talk are seen on display during the IFA Electronics show in Berlin September 4, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

A journalist uses a Sony Corp Vaio PC as he listens to the company's President and Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai answer a question during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo February 6, 2014. Hirai said on Thursday that the Japanese consumer electronics company has no plan to immediately sell off its loss-making TV business after selling its personal computer division to an investment fund. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Logos of Sony Corp are seen at an electronics retail store in Tokyo February 5, 2014. Sony Corp is in talks with investment fund Japan Industrial Partners to sell its loss-making Vaio personal computer division, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO) 

A logo of Sony Corp's Vaio is seen as a shopper looks at products at an electronics retail store in Tokyo February 5, 2014. Sony Corp is in talks with investment fund Japan Industrial Partners to sell its loss-making Vaio personal computer division, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A shopper looks at Sony Corp's Vaio PCs at an electronics retail store in Tokyo February 5, 2014. Sony Corp is in talks with investment fund Japan Industrial Partners to sell its loss-making Vaio personal computer division, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A logo of Sony Corp is seen on its VAIO laptop at its showroom in Tokyo February 5, 2014. Sony Corp is in talks with investment fund Japan Industrial Partners to sell its loss-making Vaio personal computer division, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO) 

A showroom staff member is reflected on an advertisement board of Sony Corp's VAIO at its showroom in Tokyo February 5, 2014. Sony Corp is in talks with investment fund Japan Industrial Partners to sell its loss-making Vaio personal computer division, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A man walks past logos of Japan's technology firms Sony Corp, Panasonic Corp and Sharp Corp at the Akihabara electronics store district in Tokyo October 31, 2013. Sony Corp cut its full-year profit targets and posted a net loss for the September quarter as its struggling TV operation fell back into the red, highlighting the difficulties it faces restoring its electronic hardware operation to profit. Japan's consumer electronics makers including Panasonic Corp and Toshiba Corp have been hobbled by losses from their TV operations, hit by stiff competition from Asian rivals. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO) 

A journalist uses the OLED head mounted display at the booth of Sony on the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, September 4, 2013. The IFA consumer electronics and home appliances fair will open its doors to the public from September 6 till 11 in the German capital. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

A customer tries a Sony Corp Alpha a99 digital camera at an electronic store in Tokyo August 1, 2013. Sony Corp reported a higher than expected first-quarter operating profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its flagship Xperia smartphones in Japan and rising shipments of image sensors to phone makers. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

People are seated before the unveiling of the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. Sony Corp is expected to showcase a new PlayStation console on Wednesday in a pre-emptive strike against Microsoft Corp's bid to make its Xbox the world's leading hub for household entertainment. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Sony's logo on its Vaio laptop is seen at its showroom in Tokyo November 28, 2012. Sony Corp has been approached by at least three investment banks offering to sell its battery business as the struggling Japanese group looks to offload non-core assets and focus on reviving its consumer electronics business, banking sources said.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO) 

Sony's lithium-ion battery for its Vaio laptops is seen during a photo opportunity at its showroom in Tokyo November 28, 2012. Sony Corp has been approached by at least three investment banks offering to sell its battery business as the struggling Japanese group looks to offload non-core assets and focus on reviving its consumer electronics business, banking sources said. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENERGY) 

A visitor takes a look at Sony's Vaio laptops at its showroom in Tokyo November 22, 2012. Ratings agency Fitch cut the debt ratings of Japanese consumer electronics makers Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp to "junk" status, citing weakness in their businesses. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Shoppers are seen at a soon-to-be-opened shopping centre in Singapore's Orchard Road district January 11, 2009. Sony will cut its global workforce by about 10,000, or 6 percent of its entire workforce, by as early as the end of 2012, the Nikkei newspaper reported on April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Sony's first color TV set KV-1310, which was produced in 1968, is displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. This model offered approximately twice the brightness of TVs using conventional shadow-mask tubes and it was a milestone product establishing Sony's superiority in Color TVs, the museum said. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/ REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's first HD videotape recorder HDV-1000, which was produced in 1984 is displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's portable cassette players Walkman models (bottom) and portable MiniDisc players which were produced in 1980's and 1990's are displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/ REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's cassette player TPS-L2, the first Walkman model which was produced 1979, is displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's first transistor radio TR-55, which was produced 1955, is displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's cassette player TPS-L2, the first Walkman model which was produced 1979, is displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's Discman models, portable CD players which were produced in 1990's, are displayed at Sony's history museum in Tokyo February 23, 2012. The biggest challenge facing Sony's incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai will be how to bridge a divide in his consumer electronics company between the 'fundamentalists", engineers who want to return the company to its orginal ethos of making cool gadgets, and "new-agers" who see the future in content and connectivity. Picture taken February 23, 2012. To match Special Report SONY/
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony Corp's Walkman, a portable music player, is displayed at the lobby of the company's headquarters in Tokyo February 9, 2012. Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks - a model he used at the PlayStation maker's computer entertainment unit. Picture taken February 9, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Journalists are silhouetted against a board showing Sony's logo at its news conference in Tokyo February 2, 2012. The incoming chief of Japan's Sony Corp, Kazuo Hirai, will face the enormity of his task to turn around the electronics icon on Thursday when the firm is likely to forecast a fourth straight annual loss as it loses ground to rivals Apple and Samsung. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA LOGO)