So apparently, Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, has been widely quoted as saying that the boys in Redmond have sold one millions Zunes during the little guys being nine months on the market. The fault originated from an article in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle.
But Apple 2.0 wised up to this oft-cited figure, noting both that the Zune has only been out there six months, and further, goes the extra mile to listen to the Chronicle’s podcast, where the interview with Bach is recorded for posterity.
In it, he actually says: “When we finish our fiscal year in June we’ll have sold a little over a million Zunes, so we feel very good about that.”
In other words, as Philip of Apple 2.0, concludes: “That’s what we used to call an editing error, one that mistakes a projection with actual sales and expands the time frame by about 15%. Microsoft still has more than a month to sell its first million Zunes, which would put it on the schedule it set for itself, not ahead.”
Still, we sincerely and heartily applaud Microsoft on reaching their one millionth Zune sold, whenever it actually happens. Really.
I'm sure these figures are units that left Microsoft? It would be better to see amount of units actually sold to consumers, not those sitting in bins at a store.