Tag: sales

Thriller’s Missing Millions

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Ewan Spence

It’s accepted that Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ sold over one hundred million copies. But do the numbers add up? A fascinating look at sampling, rounding up,�sales tracking, and hype from Bill Wyman at The New Yorker. Did Jackson sell a billion records, or even seven hundred and fifty million? Sure, �Thriller� sold a lot of copies, but Jackson recorded infrequently, and his later albums sold nowhere near what �Thriller� did. We know from SoundScan figures that Jackson was selling, on average, roughly a million albums a year in the nineteen-nineties and the aughts in the U.S.�and that includes greatest-hits albums, like

What if Windows Mobile 7 had seen the light of day?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Ewan Spence

Let’s just say I doubt that Nokia would have signed up. Windows Phone 7 was just the break that Microsoft needed. Whether the jump was made in time remains to be see. Sales are still up, even if they’re not as high as Redmond and their partners would want. I still think that Windows Phone is doing far better than Windows Mobile ever could.

America and Windows Phone will never be BFF

Posted on April 20, 2013April 19, 2013 by Ewan Spence

Some thoughts on AAWP: What is clear is that the US cellular market is not suited to the strengths of Windows Phone. Much like Symbian, Windows Phone is tightly coded and does not require cutting edge hardware to run a compelling experience. A slight step back does not diminish the OS because of a lower processor speed or RAM, as Steve found out this week when reviewing the Lumia 520… This is where it goes wrong in America. Thanks to a reliance on large subsidies and expensive monthly plans (when compared to the rest of the world), the commercial advantage