Dixons confirms plans of dumping loss-making PIXmania business to German industrial holding company mutares A.G., together with the sale of the Turkish ElectroWorld operation to Bimeks.
The cost of "solving" what Dixons called "the PIXmania problem?" €69 million dowry in order to "support mutares' plan and for the ongoing funding of the business."
"I am a passionate believer that Dixons succeeds where we offer our customers a fully integrated multi-channel proposition and where we are the market leader," a mixed message from Dixons CEO Sebastian James says. "In order to succeed as a pure play e-tailer, PIXmania needs a different kind of entrepreneurial vigour."
Dixons acquired a 77% PIXmania stake worth €266m in 2006, before buying up the remaining 22% for €10m in cash from founders Jean-Emile and Steve Rosenblum. On February 2013 it closed all brick-and-mortar PIXmania stores in Spain, France, Belgium and Portugal in order to concentrate on online operations.
The console uses up to two regular Dual Shock 3 controllers (not included) to play around 1300 software titles from the Playstation Network digital games catalog, including PSOne, PSP and PS Vita titles.
The DA241HL uses Android 4.2 instead of Windows 8 as touch-based OS, and Acer claims around 700000 should work fine on the device. It features a 24-inch 1920x1080 display adjustable to tilting angles of 20 to 75 degrees, with MHL connectivity allowing the sharing of content with tablets or smartphones.
Accessories seen at the show include a inductive wireless charging cover, a MagicFlip cover (provides notifications via embedded LED), an E Ink cover (provides a low-power eReader display), a Bluetooth miniature headset accessory (similar to the 
