How long does the Win8 application go to 100,000

Computer store news: According to foreign media reports, Microsoft has announced that the number of Windows 8 applications in the Windows 8 system has just exceeded 20,000. At present, we don't know when Microsoft will reach this milestone. However, Win App Update, a US technology website that tracks the number of Microsoft applications for a long time, predicts that the number of Windows Store applications exceeding 20,000 should be on Tuesday.

Win App Update also revealed the following information on official Twitter:

1. The total number of Windows Store applications is 20,610, of which 17,958 are free apps. , the proportion of free applications accounted for 87%.

2. Of all the 20610 applications, 12,675 can be used in the US and 13882 in China.

3. It should be noted that no one region can enjoy all the applications in this app store, so the number 20610 only represents the total number of apps in the Microsoft store, and does not represent users in a certain region. The number of apps that may be downloaded.

According to the statistics released by Win App Update on November 5th, the total amount of Windows Store applications at that time was only 12,895. If this data is correct, the Microsoft App Store added 7715 apps in just 17 days, which is 453 apps per day. It is worth mentioning that since the first time the Microsoft App Store was launched, 500 new apps were added every day, the growth rate began to fall back to 300 new ones per day, but now this growth rate is once again an accelerated period.

At this rate, the Microsoft App Store can easily break through the 30,000 mark by the end of the year, and may even be close to 40,000. In addition, due to the excitement of the Christmas shopping season, millions of Win8 devices are expected to be sold this month and next month, so it is reasonable for developers to step up their development of their Windows 8 applications at this time. It should be said that the development speed of the Microsoft App Store is already good enough, but in terms of application quality, Microsoft has not proved itself.

As early as October this year, Keith Lorizio, Microsoft's vice president of sales and marketing, praised Haikou in an interview with the media: "After the release of Windows 8 operating system 90 Within a day, the application for this system will reach 100,000. ”

The outside world believes that unless Lorizio counts applications in the Microsoft App Store and desktop 32-bit applications, it is impossible to imagine how the other 97,000 apps could be in such a short time. All launched within. However, Lorezio continued to accept media interviews and reiterated: "Windows 8 will strive to achieve the goal of more than 100,000 Metro applications for Windows 8 and Winodws RT within 90 days of its release. Microsoft has invested heavily in this. It is reported that Microsoft is currently encouraging developers to step up development of Windows 8 and Winodws RT applications by making more tutorials, classes and competitions. Moreover, Microsoft is also indirectly paying for part of the application development to encourage some third-party developers to develop applications with updated ideas and to make developers more interested in Windows 8 systems. In addition, Microsoft internal teams, including Bing AppEx, are also developing applications for the Microsoft App Store.

Microsoft has not commented on this yet.