Raped to death, u mean like xbox is being raped on ww figures and slowly fondled state side.
Clearly, while the market for MP3 players is maturing there is still room for growth. Apple is finding growth in new products that innovate in different directions; Microsoft is trying to achieve growth by copying Apple’s past without really adding any value. That strategy isn’t working.
This comment sums up my feelings and the industries view of MS breaking into new markets.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
