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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted that Vista sales are lower than expected, according to GamesIndustry.biz. Apparently, sales forecasts for Vista were "overly optimistic".What is Microsoft's master plan to boost Vista sales? They plan to make Vista's anti-piracy measures even tougher. If they can make Vista piracy-proof, then they will sell more copies in countries where piracy is rampant (Ballmer gave China, India, Brazil, and Russia as examples).
But stricter anti-piracy measures may harm innocent customers.
Vista's security measures have already caused bugs that crashed games or made some games unplayable.
GamesIndustry.biz said, "Some critics have claimed the anti-piracy features of Vista are excessive and can cause serious problems for users, but Ballmer said they could be extended even further if necessary."
Fighting piracy is good, and making more money to be reinvested into better operating systems (and gaming technology) is laudable, but we sincerely hope that the Microsoft powers-that-be will not sacrifice customer satisfaction and our gameplay experience in their zeal to improve Vista sales.
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#1 - piracy gave windows the market share it enjoys today #2 - international folks are looking for any excuse to dump Microsoft. Of course I have personal interestin in this...I'm a software developer and microsoft is NOT developer friendly, and the international market is highly untapped.
that's what happens when you realese a product that isn't ready in any way. Slow, not compatible, and horrible speed unless you have a suped up brand spankin new PC. If international folks find that excuse hurray for the world this was on monopoly that needed to get a peg down.
Why are they worried about the sales of Vista? They should just ride out XP as long as possible, while offering Vista, just as they're doing now. Vista isn't for everyone: That's why MS offers alternatives.
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