Shipping out defective Finecast is the Microsoft Model of product deployment.
In short, you know that there are problems with the product when you ship it out the door. But you also know that if you ship it out the door that you will get $$$ for it. So yes, some customers will point out flaws. You provide solutions for them, but all the while you are PAID since lots of your models are selling and not being returned.
The moral of the story?
When you ship before a product is ready, you are making money on it right now.
If you wait until it is perfect, well, you are making NO money on it because there's nothing for the customer to buy.
It is a numbers game. Some Finecast is good and is no problem. Some is flawed - of the flawed Finecast, some of it is going to be returned (no big deal since it was going in the trash anyway) but some of it will be kept by the consumer (My Chaos Guy with a bubble flaw in his face looks KOOL). Either way you make money.
Presumably, future batches of Finecast will be better. Those that buy the product now are essentially paying for the R&D.
Not saying this is a great idea. Just saying that this is the mentality - driven as usual by money.
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