I've worked on a few projects that seemed extremely stupid at the developer level, but were financially successful (despite being stupid). Microsoft has a lot

I've worked on a few projects that seemed extremely stupid at the developer level, but were financially successful (despite being stupid). Microsoft has a lot of weight so maybe they thought they would have some leverage for a certain demographic. Though they would have had to sell a _lot_ of Kin's to break even on their investment (if rumors around Redmond are true).