![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is compared to the previous year, however, not the same period of time when Windows 7 launched. The New York Times quotes NPD data showing Windows 8 PC sales were down 13 percent over the 6 week period between the Windows 8 launch and the post-Black Friday week. I also separately reported, again exclusively, that Microsoft would ramp up efforts to sell the Surface with Windows RT tablet via third party retailers ahead of the New Year, which of course began happening less than two weeks ago.īut now we have NPD weighing in on Black Friday and holiday sales. Microsoft internally blamed PC makers for the shortfall, since they did not show up with the variety or volume of new Windows 8-based PCs and devices that were promised in time for the launch. ![]() I had previously and exclusively reported that launch-time and first-month sales of Windows 8 were both about 20 percent lower than Microsoft’s expectations. But it at least provides a valuable first-hand quote from Acer president Emmanuel Fromont, who admits that sales of Windows 8 PCs were “off to a slow start” and “lower than expected.” It also cites NPD data that examines the period from the Windows 8 launch to beyond Black Friday. But NPD claims a new culprit in this shortfall: Low-cost netbooks did “incalculable” damage to the PC industry and destroyed the high-end mobile market that Windows 8 now targets.Ī report in “The New York Times” includes a suspicious amount of anecdotal information to make its point about the Windows 8 sales problems. Almost two months into the Windows 8 life cycle and a trend is starting to emerge: Sales of new PCs based on Windows 8 continue to lag behind those of Windows 7 PCs from the same period last year. ![]()
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