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What happens if someone has a bad experience with a preproduction device that they paid 100x premium for? Once you factor in risks like that, selling a few mod
by olefoo 17y ago
What happens if someone has a bad experience with a preproduction device that they paid 100x premium for?
Once you factor in risks like that, selling a few models at an extreme markup doesn't seem quite as attractive.
- eru 17y agoOr I didn't want to talk about pre-production. I meant to talk about the begin of the normal production run, where demand for hyped devices (say: Wii, Nintendo DS, iPhone, iPad) far outstrips supply. By the way, it may be rational for companies to let this happen, since mass production facilities cost a lot of money to set up, and they have to aim at the longer term demand instead of the spike at the beginning.