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ekianjo
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The Internet Just Made Microsoft Kill a Car for a ...
Yeah, but they could have sold their console with online retail only, a la Amazon. That would have been really innovative.
lotso
on June 20, 2013
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>That would have been really innovative.
And a great way to lose out on billions of sales.
ekianjo
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Ask Amazon how it turned out for them with the Kindle. Sold only online. No retailers. They crushed all the other physical ebook-readers re-sellers.
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Ask Australia if they'd like to download one game a month and max out the allowed data on their internet connection. Data caps are still common, and for every marketplace that has them, a digital-only marketplace is DOA.
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A sample size of 1 is not relevant.
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