Microsoft cuts another 7,800 jobs, takes $7.6 billion "impairment charge"

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sultanofpoon said:

Machiavellian said:

Either way, we were talking about risk and there is nothing really more risky about Morph than Hololens.  If anything Hololens is the more risky device but its application is wider so I am sure MS will make their money.

That makes zero sense, if it has more applications, it is inherently less risky. Sony is making their own head set which has big R&D risks, and it has no applications outside of gaming....Hololens, if it doesn't work well for games, which it most likely won't can be used for many other applications lessening risk.

The risk is that it will cost way more than Sony Morp thus the adoptions will be smaller.  Hololens will cost thousands.  It’s a wireless computer headset with a display, just because it has wider applications does not mean the cost of the product will be adopted fast or at all.  The risk is bigger because the product is more expensive to make thus MS has a greater chance to fail and lose more money. I also believe MS  RD cost on Hololens is greater than Sony RD on Morp so there is a bigger risk MS does not make back that investment.