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Isn't the obvious solution for Microsoft in the case of the Kinect to just up the price so they aren't selling it at a loss (assuming they are)? Hobbyists will
by nlogn 16y ago
Isn't the obvious solution for Microsoft in the case of the Kinect to just up the price so they aren't selling it at a loss (assuming they are)? Hobbyists will still buy them and do innovative things with the device, especially if there appears to be less risk of C&Ds down the line.
- Natsu 16y agoThey may also have had plans to do some of these things themselves and the projects people are publishing could count as prior art, preventing them from patenting various things. This is pure speculation and I have no information to support it, though. It's kind of sad that they appear to be hostile to the notion of people hacking this nifty device into something even greater. I don't think they're selling it at a loss, but who knows? Apparently, they've been shoveling profits around to hide weakness in the Windows division, or at least InformationWeek thinks so. Source: http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/reviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200850&itc=ref-true http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/reviews/showArti...
- josephcooney 16y agoAccording to the teardown I read today the parts cost of a kinect is $56, so it is safe ta assume they're not losing money on it.