Why Microsoft's Zune is Still Failing

DECS writes "Last winter, RDM detailed why Microsoft's iPod Killer would fail miserably. This year, the site argues, Microsoft will fail again, but for a new set of reasons. It is not obvious that the company has figured this out itself. 'Microsoft doesn't seem to learn from its mistakes in consumer electronics very well. When it does however, it frequently gets the timing wrong. This year, Microsoft appears set to compete against the Apple of 2006. It now offers two flash models, last year's leftover 30 GB unit, and new 80 GB version. The problem is that Apple moved the goalpost dramatically. Apple's new 3G Nano is ultra thin and small, but delivers the same video resolution as Microsoft's boxy flash Zunes at the same price. It also plays games.'"

Comments

Re:Just Look At The Xbox Fiasco For Why

[cybrthng]

Oh Please

1. They don't use one product to subsidize another. Its called investing in opportunities. Using MONEY to attack a market.
2. Stupid viral marketing tactics? Stupid posts on slashdot?
3. Buying off Media? - Not sure where you pulled that one out of.
4. Hiring people to sit on message boards - you mean people like you?
5. Inane attempts at coming up with PR attempts? Like what?

Not sure of what culture you preach of. I find it ironic you blame everything on MS to explain just how YOU behaved.

Re:Just Look At The Xbox Fiasco For Why

[YU Nicks NE Way]

Oh, look, it's the Sony troll!

No, seriously -- this guy shows up on any thread where he can talk about how badly the 360 is doing, and spreads whatever this week's SonyFUD is.

Re:write to congress

[hjf]

That's a nice little sophistry. It fails to change the fact that, while Macs are more expensive than they would be if Mac clones were still in production, they remain cheaper than they would be if PCs didn't exist.

You know, the world's not black-and-white. It's not about PC-vs-Mac. You're too much of a fanboy to remember, but at the time there was the Amiga, and it was hell of a machine.

So don't go around talking like that, you know? You don't have a crystal ball, you can't speculate like that. If the IBM PC didn't exist, another machine would have taken its place. It might have been the mac. But, you know, Apple is not stupid. They would have licensed clones (yes, I remember UMAX). And clones would have made Apple a "piece of crap" as you apple fanboys refer to our computers. Or, Commodore would be the PC. It could have been anyone. But it happened to be the IBM PC, and for the sole reason that it was IBM.

So, take your attitude and shove it, pal.

Re:Just Look At The Xbox Fiasco For Why

[uradu]

Wow, if that's you cutting slack, I'm not sure I want to see you taking no prisoners. You know what, let me hold him down while you kick him in the teeth. Just look at the sales numbers and it's quite obvious that the 360 is the most popular current gen console. The Wii would probably be if they could actually ship enough numbers, just by virtue of being the cheapest. Just watch out that nobody shoves a fallacy up your derrière someday.

Re:Idiotic premise

[Cafe Alpha]

Does anyone doubt that Apple doesn't have hundreds of marketing drones checking their Slashdot accounts for moderation points whenever their products are mentioned?

I dared to point out what the "no battery" design means - that always gets me modded down.

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.

Re:Get over yourself

[Cafe Alpha]

Well Apple should get over insulting the intelligence of the public by assuming that we're all so shallow that we're willing put up with hundreds of dollars extra expense and weeks without the use of a phone or music player, just to save a useless 1/3 of centimeter on the width.

Offer models with replaceable batteries. Everyone with an IO over room temperature will prefer them.