On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:48 PM, John Celio wrote: > The same thing happens in other industries all the time. In the > video game > industry, for example, game consoles often LOSE money for the > company that > makes them (the original XBox is a good example of this). They > exist to > lock you into buying games and accessories, which make much higher > profits > and drive consumers to buy even more as new games come out.
That business model would be a complete disaster in the photographic industry. Most people are only going to use their DSLR with the kit lens(es), which are often third-party anyway. Straying off-topic, the Xbox is indeed an excellent example of how to lose money. On a purely financial basis, the whole project was a complete disaster. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
