Gothamist: Microsoft Eyes Brooklyn for First Ever Retail Shop

piercep2

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:15:16 -0500

they need space to sell that oh-so-cool zume?

ANGRYGOD11

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:14:27 -0500

The selection of Microsoft compatible products (hardware, software, operating systems) is far,far greater than Apple. You cannot hope anyone they hire could help you with all these options and combinations. Unless they limit their store offerings, I cannot see how this would work.

tblake

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:03:04 -0500

But a Commerce Bank branch would be more appropriate than this classic space.

sonyactivision

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:49:29 -0500

Exactly.

tblake

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:46:24 -0500

Actually, sonyactivision, it was a bank. There you go!

tblake

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:36:30 -0500

What sonyactivision said. Ditto.

tblake

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:35:43 -0500

What a waste of a gorgeous space that would be.

chaevans

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:27:00 -0500

"What makes the Apple stores unique is that they have people there to help you with your purchases (support-wise)." Maybe it's just me but I can't get the time of day at an Apple store. I've walked out twice with credit card in hand.

sonyactivision

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:57:12 -0500

Microsoft might as well open in a bank, for all the lively, energetic zeitgeisty shit that they've brought into our lives since Windows95. Maybe I'll go in and splurge on a racy keyboard. ( cough )

Bizzle

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:41:59 -0500

What makes the Apple stores unique is that they have people there to help you with your purchases (support-wise). Some of it is free and some of it comes under a support agreement (I think it is called AppleCare). Microsoft does not have strong enough partnerships with its hardware vendors to be able to offer something like that. Nothing would please people more (and they probably would pay for it too) than to have a place to go to and have someone assist them with a driver issue, bsod, or whatever. Regardless of the PC being HP, Dell, Acer, eMachines, etc. It is probably just going to be a Zune/Xbox/MS Games/Software store with nothing else. Maybe sell keyboards and mice. That is no different from any other electronics store. They really need a section where there are couches and people can lie down and talk to a shrink about their Vista experiences.

stereotypical

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:25:30 -0500

Apple does suck but the Microsoft store isn't going to do well in Brooklyn.

sakebalboa

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:21:33 -0500

fine i guess i'll say it Apple sucks

stereotypical

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:19:39 -0500

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edEx

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:14:13 -0500

fail!

petebfd

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:07:14 -0500

i can't wait til brooklyn becomes a giant mall! just like manhattan!

PBRK

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:40 -0500

Or maybe they make it a Games for Windows/ Xbox store.

Think twice

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:29:14 -0500

A space that gorgeous deserves to be seen. I hope a nice high-end retailer (whether Microsoft, Barneys, Sony, or whoever) really does set up shop there. Remember that old post about the gorgeous yet mostly unseen lobbies of NYC.

jonkeegan

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:22:22 -0500

They oughta just take all the money they'll spend on that store, put it in a bag and burn it in the middle of Flatbush avenue. At least we'd be spared the sad spectacle of another store closing in downtown brooklyn...

Jen S

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:10:55 -0500

What would be sold in a Microsoft store that you can't download somewhere?

mocanlagunas

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:07:07 -0500

The zune is hip... yeah, right!

skowen

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:02:34 -0500

Did they render that using The Sims? What a joke.

babyhitler

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:51:43 -0500

this is the Classic Wendy's move. How does Wendy's find out where to open a store? simple. They just open next to Mcdonald's. Mcdonald's does all the calculations and prospecting work and Wendy's reaps the benefits.

The Edge

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:15:36 -0500

I never understood why people would spend their time @ the Apple store (at least in SoHo) checking their emails and doing their bills. In public.

Dirk

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:57:49 -0500

I really don't see a Microsoft store taking off. Their brand just doesn't have a "hip" factor.