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If finding "the next iPhone" just required spending large enough sums of money, then Microsoft would have beat them to the punch before the iPhone came out. In
by ogre_codes 7y ago
If finding "the next iPhone" just required spending large enough sums of money, then Microsoft would have beat them to the punch before the iPhone came out.
In all of history there have only been a few iPhone class disruptors. They are rare, and they come based more on timing and the presence of enabling technologies than any particular company simply investing billions in R&D.
- VRay 7y agoyeah, these tech giants are constantly hiring tons of people and snapping up every interesting startup that rolls along in a desperate bid to turn money into more profitable products Although I do wish Apple would buy some AAA game studios and make some AAA-quality games for their platforms..
- scarface74 7y agoThe game market is extremely small compared to other markets. Sony just announced their quarterly numbers. The PS4 just crossed the 100 million unit threshold over its entire lifetime. Apple sells that many phones in two quarters.