MDMAlliance said:
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
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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.
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It depends on what the goal of the company is for that specific product at that time - Amazon lost tons of money for years in order to expand market share - it was a succesful strategy - they could have turned a profit sooner but it would have slowed thier growth
when MSFT launched the 1 st xbox they cared about market share much more than profit
right now Sony has said market share is the # 1 goal for the PS4 ( at this time)-
If the Wii u breaks even or makes a small profit yet gives up huge market share it will be consider a failure by Nintendo especially coming off the Wii.
