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Opening Zune Sales Flaccid

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the meager-beginnings dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As 'Black Friday' approaches and consumers line up for the Playstation 3 it looks like Zune has become an afterthought. Despite months of hype, opening Zune sales are only so-so. While Zune did reach the top 10 on Amazon's Top 25 list for electronic product sales on its first day, it quickly fell below the top 15 and continues to drop. Six separate iPod models now outsell it as well as SanDisk's e250 player. In-store sales are not much better."

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  1. Welcome to the social? by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hello from Seattle. Hello? Anybody here?

  2. First pun! by neuro.slug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's hope this product is zune to be forgotten!

    /me ducks barrage of tomatoes

    1. Re:First pun! by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

      The second-generation zune will come in a new color, Golden Shower, which is sure to be much more popular with fans of watersports. New catchphrase: Do I Hear Rain?

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    2. Re:First pun! by bitt3n · · Score: 5, Funny
      Opening Zune Sales Flaccid

      there goes their chance to penetrate the market.

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  3. Flaccid? by smartin · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean Micro and Soft?

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  4. MS Marketing "pulled a brown Zune" by hmbcarol · · Score: 4, Funny

    The work "Zune" may enter the lexicon as a word akin to Edsel or Pinto.

    I heard a guy at work yesterday mentioning Sony's battery recall and commenting they "pulled a brown Zune" in terms of their marketing failure to deal with the problem correctly. (Brown being the least popular color for the Zune).

    Think of the uses... "The Republicans got handed a Zune in the last election".

  5. The Zune is flaccid? by Slithe · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I take it nobody's done any squirting yet?

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  6. Re:Did you miss the title? by schtum · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not wrong at all. They're pointing out Microsoft's failure to rise to the occasion in the face of stiff competition.