Windows 8 app store Microsoft commission ratio as low as 20%

The company will release its own app store Windows Store later in February 2012, when the Windows 8 beta will also be available to users.

As Microsoft executives introduced at the Build Developers Conference in September this year, the Windows Store will allow users to purchase and download Metro-type apps directly from the platform. Desktop (non-Metro type) apps can't be downloaded from the Windows Store, but developers can market their apps there and provide links to apps.

At the Windows Store preview show on Tuesday, Microsoft executives also introduced the latest data about Windows to the participants. They said that there are currently 1.25 billion Windows PCs worldwide; since September, the Windows 8 Developer Preview has been downloaded 3 million copies; so far, Windows 7 has sold 500 million units.

It is reported that Microsoft will allow developers to sell applications for $1.49 to $999.99. Of course, there are free apps in the Windows Store. In the beginning, Microsoft will split 30% of the revenue from developers selling apps. As long as the revenue of an app in sales and in-app purchases reaches $25,000, the share will fall to 20%. At the same time, Google’s app sales in the Chrome Web Store are 5%, and Apple’s is up to 30%.

According to a well-known journalist in the US technology industry, Ian · Ina Fried revealed in his blog that when the Windows Store goes on sale in February next year, it will only offer free apps, which will be invited by Microsoft. Developer development.