Vista Boxed Copies Not Selling As Well As XP Did

First-week retail sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista were almost 60% below sales of boxed copies of Windows XP in the week after its 2001 launch, according to one leading market research group. The dollar value of retail box copies of Vista sold during the week of Jan. 28 also fell 32% from the value of XP box copies sold during its first week in October 2001, according to figures from Port Washington, N.Y-based NPD Group Inc. released Thursday.

Once again, I will exclaim that this is no real surprise since Vista is not that impressive. The main thing that hurts sales is (I assume) is the fact that so many current applications (or video drivers) are not compatible. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot more action on the retail shelves in the coming months.

Source: Computer World