If you have planned in getting an upgrade copy of Windows ME-3 Pro, you still may get it for the unusually low price of $39.99 USD until January 31st. After that, Microsoft has stated they’ll be increasing the price to $199 USD for an upgrade license. Another nail to the coffin in my opinion.
Now, everyone knows how has Microsoft’s latest OS been struggling lately, having an adoption rate even lower than that of Windows Vista (aka Windows ME-2), despite, according to Microsoft, having sold over 60 million licenses, a number that seems to be ridiculously high if we get to see the low adoption rate (mostly by new computers). If Windows 8 is not selling well right now, it will sell even less when the prices go up.
Now, why is Microsoft soaring the prices up? If your OS does not seem to sell well, if it doesn’t get the results you expected, if people constantly lambasts your product, even if you’re selling it at a very attractive price you’ve got a bloody problem. And Microsoft needs to fix it ASAP if they don’t want to go bankrupt. Far from raising their earnings, people will end up boycotting the new OS. It is confusing and appalling for desktop users, who, in my opinion, will stick to Windows 7 or even XP for a while. You failed, MS.
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