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Wal-Mart Leaks Zune Price
nieske writes, "Engadget reports that Wal-Mart accidentally published online the intended price of the Microsoft Zune; the iPod rival would apparently retail for $284. The price was quickly pulled from the Wal-Mart site. Reports say that Microsoft was flustered when Apple dropped the price for the iPod 30 GB, previously $299, to $249. BetaNews states that 'undercutting the iPod is a major goal of Microsoft's upcoming effort.' Will Microsoft respond to Apple with another price drop?"
That would be great, but I wouldn't trust a sentence starting with "One of our moles on the inside told us...".
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
Once again on the price, you need to make a product sexy to sell it. The dancing silhouette with the white headphones sold the iPod because it looked good.
So Microsoft, I propose you do this:
A dancing Ballmer silhouette.
My pulse is rising already just thinking about it.
Summation 2
Its something to listen to while drinking a Zima?
Likely, it will only go the way of this lame mp3 player.
It's like sex, except I'm having it!
Hey, if anybody's gonna have some good insight into the underworld, it'd be a mole...
This guy's the limit!
Because "iPod" is a perfectly intuitive brandname? Even 'walkman' doesn't make much sense, although I guess you can walk and you are a membmer of mankind when listening to music.
John Maynard Keynes: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?"
How will Microsoft recoup losses to the Zune later on?
They'll mark up the next Office by $100. Problem solved.
Is this dumping?
I'm serious. With their huge cash reserves, Microsoft could enter the market in toilet seats tomorrow, price them at 99 cents, drive everyone else out of business, and drive up the price to $10,000 a seat.
We've already seen them put Netscape out of business by giving away the browser, so can Apple (or any other manufacturer) cry 'foul' and accuse Microsoft of dumping? What are the laws in this situation?
Yes, and we all know how Microsoft ran up the price of Internet Explorer once Netscape was out of the picture...
It would give a new meaning to "per-seat license"
I'll wipe with the End-user Latrine Agreement (EULA).
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.