Here's the source:

http://theverge.com/2012/10/31/3579564/asus-google-nexus-7-sales-one-million-david-chang

The Nexus 7 has been out for 6 months...therefore it's not a new market entrant.

"According to sources at parts manufacturers, sales figures for the Nexus 7 have officially shockedGoogle. Originally, El Goog thought 2.5 million units would be sufficient to get them through 2012, but to meet demand for the popular 7″ tablet, Google has placed an additional order of 2.5 million to keep the masses happy. Just weeks ago, we still didn’t have any word that the Nexus 7 was even selling well at all, but ASUS put our minds at ease when they slipped and said they are shipping nearly 1 million a month."

"Google has reportedly increased its cumulative shipment volume in 2012 to more than 5 million units."

so iPad is doing 4.5 per month? That's not really super high, next year all tablets will be up by at least 100% !! *amen*

The idea of an Android powered tablet is nothing new.

The idea of a Windows RT and/or Windows 8 tablet however...

Which is why sales should be higher.  Expect Surface sales to be something like 100,000 in feb, march, etc

Anyone? :(

*facepalm*

Well Windows phones and tablets still have anemic developer support.

Why buy an RT tablet with little to no software when you can get an iPad for the same price and offers a much wider assortment of quality apps and games?

It needs time to see if things will pick up on that front.

For RT, I don't see it happening. I have no idea how the Pro will do because I don't know how the market will react to a tablet at that price.

Yes, the average consumer will probably still see it as a tablet and not a fully functional PC/Tablet hybrid.

Well, the sales results given were for the quarter, or the last 3 month span.   So we have something like 333,333 sold per month during the holidays.  Unless we have a price cut on the Surface, expect these numbers.