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Zune Sales Not So Bad After All

Posted by samzenpus on from the on-second-thought dept.

pyrbrand writes "Despite the iFanboy jabber that Zune sales were horrific, CNN has a story to the contrary. Turns out Zune was the #2 Digital Audio player in its first week of sales. Not a bad start for the challenger to the iPod throne. As others have pointed out the Amazon sales rank may have been thrown off by Zune sales being divided between the three colors."

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  1. As the saying goes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is a sucker born every minute ...

    1. Re:As the saying goes... by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 4, Funny

      In related news, 63,000 Microsoft employees returned their Zunes to the company store, saying, "I'll work for Microsoft, but there's a limit to how much torture I'll take."

  2. Re:divided sales by earnest+murderer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, post *then* drink.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/5 1549011/ref=pd_ts_pg_1/103-5417193-5657455?ie=UTF8 &pg=1

    --
    Platform advocacy is like choosing a favorite severely developmentally disabled child.
  3. Re:I thought I would point out by moochfish · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about the fact that an apple sleeve accessory is destroying it by over 30 slots?

  4. Re:divided sales by TheDugong · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The real story here is that someone is buying the brown one. ;P"

    Camoflage when the drop down an airliner's toilet?

  5. Never a doubt that Zune would be number 2 by skingers6894 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its just that Microsoft had to trample over the battered bodies of their "plays for sure" partners to get there.

  6. Re:What can brown do for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah...

    As long as it comes with BASH. Navigation made simple and intuitive.

  7. Re:Thanks! I can finally pirate my records! by Who235 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure the GP was referring to the other kind of DJ.

    You know, the "throw your hands in the air" type who mixes, scratches, and crossfades?

    Not the one who spun "The Chicken Dance" at your cousin's wedding.

  8. Bad Coding by gsslay · · Score: 4, Funny
    In all seriousness that's actually a great gift for someone with an old record collection which is pretty much everyone over 40 or 50.

    How many people do you think falls into the category of being over 50 but not 40?