Amazon might be losing money for every Kindle Fire it sells in the future

2. Victor.H posted on 29 Sep 2011, 04:56 0 0

Quite possible. Actually, it looks to me like the only thing that could stop Amazon from being super successful with the Fire is the supply chain. If Bezos gets the supply chain going and manufacturers manage to make enough of those Kindle Fires, the demand could be huge. Of course, assuming it's as bug-free as it looks like.

3. cncrim posted on 29 Sep 2011, 05:01 0 0

I don't think so, loose $50/tablet? Amazon knows what they get themself into. All I can say is the reality is seller never mistake what they sell, only buyer do..... PERIOD.

4. Joshing4fun posted on 29 Sep 2011, 06:01 0 0

Amazon is not Hp and this is a kindle not a webOS device. There is no way Amazon would start selling something this huge and for a loss.

5. G-Reg (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2011, 12:21 0 0

This is far from a surprising tactic. Its used alot by sony and xbox to just name a few.

Make a product where the comsumer must purchase content from the develper to have desired usage. Then toss in the fact DL content is cheap as hell to distribute and have available and they have a win win situation.

They will make tons of cash off this beast, even if they tank 50 for each unit.