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Should Companies Delay Products for More Features?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-features-means-more-flavour dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece looking at if it makes sense for companies such as Sony to delay the release of products to ensure that when they do come out they are absolutely top of the line. From the article: 'In the tech world, where consumer trends can rise and fall and product cycles are short, that's more often the exception than the rule. The penalty for a delay can be severe -- even catastrophic. One of the biggest risks in postponing a product launch is being out-hustled to market by rivals.'"

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  1. How coincidental! by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Purely by chance, this story breaks on the same page as the latest Duke Nukem Forever story...

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  2. So... by monkaduck · · Score: 4, Funny

    This explains Dunke Nukem Forever! They're just waiting for everything to be developed so they can implement it in!

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  3. featurecide is easy! by geoff+lane · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can always make your product better by killing one feature.

    This rule is recursive.