Quote:
Originally Posted by afv011
Yes, shareplay at 3,5K a pop, let's do that instead of sitting all on the sofa and socialize 
The way you describe it sounds to me like "well, we made this, let's see if we can figure out what we could use it for". |
To a large extent I think that is the case.
Apple has been working on this thing for 7 years, and watched everybody else pretty much fail at selling things like this. They know what they're getting into, and are betting that the key is to start with a high bar spec-wise, to make sure it can handle whatever developers can come up with. Maybe they aren't even making the usual cost margin at $3500.
It's up to developers to make the use cases and experiences that will entice people to get one.
It doesn't ship for 9 months or so. I think that is partly because they know they'll need to make software adjustments while working with developers.