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iGlass will probably be created by Apple or a hardware startup led by some people like Steve Jobs and Woz. No software company has made a hugely successful hardware product.



Kindle, Fire, and Echo products seem pretty successful. Same with Pixel and Home. Those come from software companies.


Microsoft/Xbox?


XBox seems to be stuck at ~breakeven over the entire lifecycle. They have spent several billion on advertising, they generally sell the console for a direct loss, and it's PS2/3/4 have each sold significantly more each generation.

So, IMO it's not hugely successful just not out an outright failure.

That said, they have shipped a lot of hardware over time, and made some reasonable profit from mice / keyboards.


They came close with the 360, and then took 5 steps back with the One.


Microsoft is a hardware company. They've been shipping computers, keyboards, headsets and all sort of electronics for a while.




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