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Windows 7 Seeing 'fantastic' Sales in Japan, Says Ballmer | |
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| Time: 09:16 EST/14:16 GMT | News Source: PC World | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Initial sales of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, were "fantastic" in Japan and helped spur PC sales in the country, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. "We've had a great response here in Japan," he said at a Tokyo news conference. "Certainly we've seen initial sales be fantastic. The first ten days were bigger than the first ten days of XP or Vista or any other Windows launch that we have done." |
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| #1 By 143 (74.133.145.60) at Thursday, November 05, 2009 02:12:39 PM |
| Turning Japanese I think Windows 7 turning Japanese I really think so. |
| #2 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Thursday, November 05, 2009 03:46:31 PM |
| The Japanese were simply more desperate to get away from Vista than the rest of the world. |
| #3 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at Thursday, November 05, 2009 07:13:14 PM |
| I would have been very surprised by the opposite..... |
| #4 By 21912 (71.9.96.231) at Thursday, November 05, 2009 08:22:25 PM |
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Superstitious people of many cultures hold that seven is a lucky number. In Japan, many people celebrate a child's birth on the seventh day, believe in seven reincarnations, and derive seemingly endless enjoyment from watching their classic film, The Seven Samurai. It should be no big surprise if Windows 7 is a hit in Japan, as well as in many other cultures with similar beliefs in the power of seven.
Plus, I've heard that realistic pricing coupled with solid engineering can boost the sales of a product even beyond what superstitious belief alone might do ;-) |
| #5 By 23275 (68.117.163.128) at Friday, November 06, 2009 02:27:01 AM |
| and pent up demand let loose against a good product opposite a people with substantial savings and therefore available cash isn't a factor? |
| #6 By 17855 (205.167.180.131) at Friday, November 06, 2009 08:08:14 AM |
| "D" - All the above.. |
| #7 By 17855 (205.167.180.131) at Friday, November 06, 2009 08:08:34 AM |
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Repeat, and rinse. This post was edited by awiltfong on Friday, November 06, 2009 at 08:09. |
