Microsoft’s Zune crashes as iPod sales grow

AppleInsider | Microsoft’s Zune crashes as iPod sales grow:

By Prince McLean
Published: 05:00 PM EST

Microsoft’s Zune hit the ground even harder in its third holiday quarter. After two years of annual sales that barely reached the million unit mark, the company reported a major new drop in device sales for the winter quarter.

Microsoft’s latest 10-Q filing stated that ‘Zune platform revenue decreased $100 million or 54% reflecting a decrease in device sales.’ The music player’s sharp decline in revenues helped erase 60% of the company’s earnings in its Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes the Xbox gaming platform.

Apple’s iPod business, once feared to be at a dead end with satiated demand, hit a new quarterly unit record with sales of 22.7 million units. That’s just 3% higher th”

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