Even though the number ’ 50,000’ (50,324 to be precise) is significant, not everyone is convinced with Microsoft App store’s growth rate compared to iTunes store or Google Play.

“Clearly, they’d like to populate the stores as quickly as possible with more apps,” said Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research to PC World. “But it seems they want to try to pull in the 13-year-olds, because $100 is not at all meaningful to an established developer. Maybe they’re looking for the next generation of kid geniuses, and hoping to find the next killer app that comes out of nowhere.”

“But even with a healthy 50K apps, as a Windows 8 user myself, I have yet to find many compelling applications. There’s Netflix, Plex, and Xbox SmartGlass — all the rest I’ve tried are pathetic ports of iOS applications,” Matt Burns of TechCrunch said. “I tend to stick to traditional applications that run in Desktop.”

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