Vista not selling as expected says Microsoft’s Ballmer

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.

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.