MSFT stock prices over the last month indicate nothing in regards to meeting or exceeding expectations with regards to sales of both Surface RT and Win 8.
It's currently trading at $26.95 off a low of $26.52 from a peak of $29.86 in the month since the debut of both.
While the drop of a stock price that has hovered stagnantly around the $30 mark on average for the past ten years could be attributed to many things, this is hardly an indicator of overwhelming success for the new products.
http://news.yahoo.com/windows-pc-retail-sales-fall-windows-8-npd-182512480--finance.html
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Consumer sales of Windows-powered personal computers fell 21 percent overall last month, figures released by a leading retail research firm showed on Thursday, indicating a lackluster debut for Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 operating system.
Many in the industry said Windows 8 might revive slack PC sales, but a report by NPD Group, which tracks computer sales weekly using data supplied by retailers, dampened those hopes.
On the same day, Microsoft announced pricing for its latest device designed to break Apple Inc's stranglehold on the tablet and lightweight laptop market. It is offering the Surface tablet running the full version of Windows 8 from $899, pitching it somewhere between Apple's latest iPad and MacBook Air laptop.
Since the launch of Windows 8 on October 26, Windows laptop sales are down 24 percent, while desktop sales are down 9 percent compared with the same period last year, making an overall 21 percent dip, NPD Group said.
