This means nothing. Companies invest money into manufacturering or R&D all the time. It doesn't mean things are rosey, nor is it a guarantee of success.
Nokia invested a TON of money into their failed N-Gage product.
But if you want a more specific example, Sony was all gung ho about the UMD format several months after release, and increased production.
So, you never can tell.
They're simply investing in their business, with a hope the investment pays off.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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This means nothing. Companies invest money into manufacturering or R&D all the time. It doesn't mean things are rosey, nor is it a guarantee of success.
Nokia invested a TON of money into their failed N-Gage product.
But if you want a more specific example, Sony was all gung ho about the UMD format several months after release, and increased production.
So, you never can tell.
They're simply investing in their business, with a hope the investment pays off.