Analysts, citing high pricing and lack of availability, predict Surface will earn a possible last place in tablet sales. The combination of negative factors that will affect sales is compounded by the damage Surface will do in business relations with Microsoft’s long standing tablet producing OS customers. Everything considered, the Surface could be a nightmare in the making for Microsoft.
"Surface's high pricing could prove to be a fatal mistake and relegate it to be a niche No. 4 or No. 5 player".