MDMAlliance on 22 June 2014
| Dunban67 said: It s multiple areas that indicate success or failure and they will differ somewhat w each company - But the basics are : financial performance, market share and investor expectations Merely making a profit is probably not enough for any of them to be considered a success- if MSFT loses a bunch of market share but makes a small or moderate profit ( this generation) they will prob consider it a failure - if Nintendo loses a bunch of market share AND makes significantly less money than they did on the Wii it will prob be considered a failure |
At the same time, this is specifically about failure. You can not fail, but at the same time still not succeed.
Failure, as I think of it, is failing to profit from your product. Even if you sell well, not turning a profit in the end hurts.
But of course, the installed base of your system matters to other companies because a higher installed base means better chances of seeing results from investment.
