Windows Phone 7 developers fear platform flop


bigmanofds

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Despite a reportedly healthy level of interest from developers, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 debut appears to have flopped with consumers, leaving developers cautious about investing in the platform.

On top of dead launch events reminiscent of the failed Microsoft KIN (which essentially ran an early, limited version of the WP7 platform) and poor unofficial sales reports, an apparent gag on app analytics is preventing developers from seeing how many of their apps have actually sold. Microsoft is reportedly also withholding any payments to its app developers through February 2011.

Disgruntled developers fret about platform's future prospects

Two WP7 developers, Nicholas Yu of GoVoice (a Google Voice client app) and Justin James, who created an Airport Status Checker app for WP7, have both complained that Microsoft isn't providing developers with app store analytics to indicate how many titles they've actually sold.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/windows_phone_7_developers_fear_platform_flop.html
 

Sounds pretty bad that they wont release any info. But unofficial numbers put launch sales at only 80000 worldwide. Contrast that to millions everytime the iPhone launches or hundreds of thousands for any Android launch in the US alone. The real teller is how the price on one of the phones has already dropped to 99 bucks.
 
Terrell_SU said:
they messed up when the only release it on one carrier in the US. idiots
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It was basically because they were trying to rush it out to get some holiday sales in. The CDMA version still wasnt ready yet and I dont think it is even now. Thats why it didnt have the functions like copy/paste and they promised it later in an update. Stupid move by microsoft but they've always handled their mobile division in a retarded manner.
 
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