“Microsoft has reportedly spent more than $1.5 billion to market its new operating system, Windows 8, and accompanying mobile device, the Surface. But the messaging seems to be lost on prominent app developers,” John McDermott reports for Advertising Age.
“Despite offering more lucrative revenue splits for app developers than competitors Google and Apple, many of the largest digital media properties in the U.S. and makers of the most-popular tablet apps have decided that developing apps for the Surface — and the Windows app store in general — is not yet worth their tim,” McDermott reports. “The most glaring omission is Facebook, a company that Microsoft invested $240 million for 1.6% stake in 2007. ‘That’s a bad thing,’ said Ray Velez, chief technology officer of digital agency Razorfish.”
McDermott reports, “Of the 10 app publishers that earned the most revenue on iOS in October according to app analytics firm App Annie, only one shop, Gameloft, currently has at least one app available for the Surface.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The failure of epic proportions continues unabated.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Martin” for the heads up.]
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