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They got almost 2B$ of investment, I can't see why having 3 years of crazy sprint would be a problem.



3 years...

Also, having more money and no biz model is a bigger issue than you think.


Yeah. Can you say Duke Nukem Forever?


I don't think we can really compare 3 years to the 15 years Duke Nukem Forever was in development for.

If we're talking videogames plenty of games have 3 year development periods.


That's why Amazon's stock crashed and lost 90% of its value in 2001.


Amazon ha(d), arguably, a trivial business model - at least for retail.

Things have changed with Prime and supply chain innovations, but there isn't a much simpler model than what basically amounts to consignment.




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