How do We/Sony Determine whether Move is a success or not?

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Cypher1980 said:

Ultr said:

JamaicameCRAZY said:

if its profitable and not gone in say 2-3 years, to me means success

This!

Bit simplistic for me. Just because a product is still available doesnt mean its sucessful.

Some companies really are stubborn. Just look at Amstrad in the UK with the e-mailer. Could still buy one four years after launch and it was profitable. It was also the lauching stock of the techworld.

I reckon we need to see third parties embrace the device and sales equal to at least 20 percent of the Sony install base in the first 6 months. If it ever reaches 40 percent penetration then its a success.

If it fails to get to 20 percent within the first year it will struggle.

For the record, the e-mailer ended up incurring heavy losses for Amserve, especially in its initial years. Take a look at this article for some details of the early issues the machine faced. Overall, the project was a failure, although the E3 Superphone could play Spectrum games, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. ;)