| flashfire926 said: I don't think sales is the real metric of success, it's profit earned. If people remember, 3DS got a huge price cut a few months after launch of sluggish sales. At $169, did each 3DS earn the same as every switch? Probably not. Chances are, switch's profit margin is much higher, and let's say 40 million switch units earned the same as 60 million 3DS units, cause of a higher profit margin. (I'm just giving these numbers as a ballpark guess, nothing confirmed) |
Well it depends on intention ...
If the goal is get as much mind share and market share as possible then sales should definitely be considered one of or maybe even the sole metric of success if it's for the sake of obtaining a future monopoly to lock out or kick your competitors to a curb ...
Despite Google's Android and it's vendors not making as much profit in comparison to Apple right now they are actively seeking to create future to make iOS irrelevant and their doing a pretty damn good job of it ... (China used to be one of Apple's growing markets but it got cut short by domestic chinese competitors)
There used to be a similar situation with Mac and Windows but it's not like we need to bring that up again ...
