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Failed Microsoft Products and Why They Failed
3 products, launched from 2006 to 2016. The causes their entries cite most often are competition (2 of 3), timing (2 of 3) and weak demand (2 of 3).
My post on failed products examples covers twelve famous cases from tech and why each one failed.
Dec 2019
Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia
Microsoft and Nokia Phones
Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 Mobile on December 10, 2019
Mar 2016
Tay
Microsoft Assistants and chatbots AI
Taken offline after about 16 hours; a brief return ended on March 30, 2016
Nov 2015
Zune
Microsoft Consumer hardware
Microsoft said in October 2011 it would no longer make Zune players, and retired Zune services on November 15, 2015