Microsoft has always been in the news for its contribution to the computer industry. Tech analysts have always appraised the Microsoft for the way it has grown into a tech giant.

Although, Microsoft has set an industry example with its Windows operating system and other such innovations but with its latest attempts it is yet to witness a huge success. The tech world has pinned high hopes with Windows 8 launch. How it fares in the market is yet to see, meanwhile, we have bring the list of few innovations that have failed miserably in the market.


Xbox 360: The successor to XBox, the latest video game console has not really touched the pinnacle of success and faces a stiff competition from Sony PS3 and Wii.


Windows Vista operating System: Released on January 30, 2007 worldwide, Windows Vista is been tagged as the worst ever operating system launched by tech biggie. The scenario was such that with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft offered to load it in the laptops which carried Windows Vista as the default.


Zune music player: Microsoft has launched the Zune media player five years ago in a bid to take on Apple’s iPod. Sources informed that Apple’s iPod has proved its dominance in the market and grabbed around 77 percent of the market share in the previous year, while Zune is still struggling with just 10 percent of the market for media players. Now the company has finally decided to bid adieu to this tech flop. .


Courier Tablet PC: Microsoft Courier was the codename for a rumored Booklet PC from the tech giant Microsoft. Prototypes of the Courier indicated foldable dual-screen that relied on stylus and handwriting recognition as its primary input. However, the tablet was never launched and was rumored to be doomed seeing the huge launch of Apple iPad.

Besides these much known tech flops, Microsoft has tried to bring the intelligent watches, which were nothing more than a joke in Microsoft product range.


Possible reasons:


Microsoft seems totally off the radar in the race to bring cool, cutting edge and innovative technologies to the users. Analysts have given numerous reasons which have caused Microsoft to become a sarcastic reserve of the IT sector.


One of the significant reason is the wrong timings to bring out a product to users. The gap between the announcement and launch offers other companies with the opportunity to come out with a similar product and hence spell death for Microsoft's project. Microsoft Zune and Courier Tablet PC are few potential examples.


How Microsoft is being perceived now?


Despite above flop products and their flop sales, Microsoft’s products have a pretty good record with all the demographics and the product launches are still awaited by the masses. Now, Microsoft is readying launch of its slick and impressive Windows 8, though analysts have already started criticizing it.

Analysts believe that Windows 8 would be an excellent platform for tablets instead being a mainstream desktop or laptop operating platform. How Windows 8 shall carve its success story, will be seen only after its launch?