Zune Sales Continue to Weaken

Dak RIT writes "Market share data for the first month of Microsoft's Zune sales is now available, and appears to confirm that after the initial hype, sales have fallen off dramatically. Microsoft came in fourth for sales during the month of November with only 1.9% of the market. Apple remained unchanged at 62.2%, and SanDisk even managed to increase to 18.4% (looks like the Zune might not even be able to compete with the rest of the market, let alone the iPod). The one surprise though is that the brown Zune is apparently not only being bought, but more popular than the white model."

Comments

waiting

[gEvil (beta)]

I'm just holding out for the yellow model...

Nah.

[Funkcikle]

The one surprise though is that the brown Zune is apparently not only being bought, but more popular than the white model.

Not really. Brown is a nice colour. And people who buy the Zune are probably trying to kid themselves into believing they are real and proper individuals, resisting all those clones and sheep who have iPods and iPod knock-offs. So why should they not go one further and get a wild and cool colour which nobody already has?

Proof indeed that people are dim. Bless their little hearts!

Possible Use

[dsginter]

I bought a Zune to use as a big screen TV. I had to make my own wall mount, but it was worth it. I measured the screen and it is nearly the same size as 42" monitors going for several thousand dollars.

In all seriousness, I was a bit perked by the Zune until I saw how big it actually was. I'm certainly no Microsoft fan boy, but what the heck were they thinking?

Re:Zune

[aadvancedGIR]

The Zune gives you the ability to share music with another Zune owner. Of course, you first need to meet one.

Re:It's the hackers...

[photomic]

No. They will be called Zubunti, which is also Swahili for "tribe of horse-faced linux geeks."

Re:Zune

[russellh]

Style is not just looks. it's sliding out of bed, lookin' awesome, smoothly puttin on your stylin' clothes, hoppin into your sports car and zooming off. In contrast, a lack of style is stumbling out of bed, not being able to find your glasses, forgetting to shave, accidentally brushing your teeth with the preparation H, burning the breakfast, and sighing as you get into the minivan with the broken muffler. Yeah, they both get the job done. One of them sucks though.

Re:Zune

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm looking for other young male Zune owners to squirt with.

Mark Foley

Re:Zune potential

[Cybrex]

Paul Thurrott, is that you? ;-)

Re:Zune

[soft_guy]

what does an IPOD have (other than after market accessories) that the Zune does not? Customers.

Re:Zune

[QRDeNameland]

Sure, the iPod may be more popular, but the brown Zune is more poopular.

Re:Zune

[scribblej]

Thank you for pointing this out. Of course, this is why I bought the Zune. It's important for me to know that my music player is supporting the starving artists.

Hehehe: looks like shit...

[Anonymous Coward]

That reminds me of a friend at the data center: a very peculiar guy, technically very competent yet focused on learning speech techniques, philosophy, all the humanistic things.

Well, to create a proper climate, he even got himself one of those decorative mini Zen gardens, with sand and little stones. He even made those circles in the sand, meaning the sea/universe, I don't know.

Well, some of his "friends" put a fake crap in his Zen garden... I almost had a seizure when I saw it... Unix guys can kill sometimes, beware! :-)