> **Sony’s price slashing promotion for its new Blu-Ray Google TV appliance indicates additional trouble for the Android-based device, following a content blockade imposed by television broadcasters, a rash of unenthusiastic reviews, and the fragmentation issues endemic to Android.**
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> Sony announced a promotional $100 price cut on its $399 Google TV device, an unusually deep discount for a brand new product, especially for Sony. While the company offered a variety of Black Friday discounts on other Blu-Ray products, none approached the 25 percent off fire sale of its new Google TV box.
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> Sony’s combination Blu-Ray and Google TV device was just introduced last month, making the slashed price an indication that the devices weren’t garnering much attention despite the media attention focused on Google TV and its use of Android. As *TechCrunch*[observed](http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/27/google-tv-already-in-trouble-sony-offering-25-off-blu-ray-google-tv-units/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29), “this doesn’t look so well for Google’s living room takeover plans.”
via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/deep_hardware_discounts_suggest_sluggish_sales_of_google_tv.html)
Funny, I don’t see many deep discounts on AppleTVs this year.
With the shift internally to the YouTube Division, the TV networks blocking almost all content, and now this steep discount, I’d say it’s just about time to add Google TV to the list of Google’s recent failures. Here’s the list, for those keeping score:
Nexus One
Wave
Buzz
Google TV
Hard to imagine any other company of this size making that many high profile mistakes in such a short span of time.
