Early results from Black Friday sales are in and guess what? Microsoft’s Zune media player was apparently the second most sought after product on Black Friday. Not bad Microsoft! (it’s about time!). According to PriceGrabber.com, Shopping.com, and eBay, the Zune player (both the 30GB and the 80GB model combined) was the second most purchased item on the web – right behind the Nintendo Wii which won first place for the second year in a row (no surprise there). Part or most of the recent popularity of the Zune might be attributed to the low cost of the Zune 30GB player along with the new firmware update and software package. Many consumers are able to get Zune 30 media players for as low as 70 – 90 bucks – not bad for 30GB of space – especially with the new user interface in place. Also another thing to note – the Zune 80 players are arguably harder to find than Nintendo Wii’s right now so most of the popularity is probably due to the Zune 30. These #’s aren’t final of course since the likes of Amazon and other retailers have yet to announce their final numbers for Black Friday.

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