Windows 7 Has Sold 400 Million Licenses Since Launch

[Rob Williams]

In February of last year, Microsoft hit a major milestone with its Windows 7 OS - 60 million sold. That milestone was reached less than six months after its launch, and as a result, Windows 7 became the fastest-selling OS of all time. Momentum didn't slow afterwards, however, as about five months later, Microsoft boasted 150 million sold - a simply mind-blowing number given the shunning Microsoft's previous Windows iteration received.

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[Doomsday]

thats almost $40Billion! Maybe now they should take chances and release the latest Halo games on the PC!

 

[Optix]

^LAWL!

I don't need no bunny hoppin' space marines tellin' me how to shoot!

400 million copies, huh? Piracy rates are probably triple that.

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

400 million copies, huh? Piracy rates are probably triple that.

*cough* >.>

 

[Kayden]

thats almost $40Billion! Maybe now they should take chances and release the latest Halo games on the PC!

LOL

If I can rock the console babies from my PC, I would buy that in a heart beat. (c;

400 million copies, huh? Piracy rates are probably triple that.

Why would you say that? *whistles*

 

[OriginalJoeCool]

I saw a chart once showing the breakdown of the OS market share. Microsoft's biggest competitor was itself (pirated Windows)!

 

[CaptainFluffy]

Maybe now they should take chances and release the latest Halo games on the PC!

Better late than never I guess. Then again, there's also that rumor floating around that Windows 8 will have xBox360 emulation built into it so we could always have that to look forward too.

400 million copies, huh? Piracy rates are probably triple that.

What is this "piracy" you speak of?

If I can rock the console babies from my PC, I would buy that in a heart beat. (c;

Also this.