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"Sales of the Surface RT device aren't changing the landscape of the tablet market, but Microsoft can rest content in at least one metric: out of all devices running Windows RT, it runs the game.\r\n\r\nAdDuplex collects data across\u00A0112 Windows Store applications that employ its SDK. This gives the company a somewhat broad look at the market of Windows 8 and RT devices; naturally, we always want a larger sample, but regardless, the data that AdDuplex has collected provides us with one of the best looks into the world of Windows 8.\r\n\r\nHere's the breakdown of Windows RT device market share, as provided:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHowever, we need to zoom out. What is the breakdown of Windows RT devices, compared to the larger Windows 8 market?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWell then. Microsoft may be king of the RT market, but that's a slice of the larger Windows 8 world; here's a chart showing off just how the Surface fits into the larger picture:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis data is not gospel, and is useful only in as much as it helps us make broad comparisons; using it with too much granularity\u00A0would be a mistake. Still, it is obvious that Windows RT is a platform that Microsoft all but controls. That may not sound surprising, but given Microsoft's history of having\u00A0no presence as an OEM, it's a key change.\r\n\r\nWhile Microsoft can be proud that it has taken top place on one of its key platforms, it isn't\u00A0particularly\u00A0good that competing devices aren't selling strongly;\u00A0Microsoft\u00A0is depriving tenured partners of certain sales. This had led to some rather\u00A0embarrassing\u00A0defections, including one by Samsung in which it decided to not release a Windows RT tablet in the United States.\r\n\r\nHeadline image via\u00A0TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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