Exactly. At least it may not be worth $200. Apple's $25 or free updates are much more reasonable and get people to actually stay current. The older hardware slows down gradually and people warm up to the idea of faster/newer hardware gradually, rather than thinking that the new OS broke their working computer.
Please, Microsoft, switch to an evergreen OS model like Apple has.
But it's for people running 7 and up, for one year. The 70% of Chinese users on XP aren't going to see the benefit of this.
(Why didn't Microsoft make it for XP too? They want to squeeze that last sale out of people. They don't realize the greater threat is people leaving their platform entirely.)
Even Google doesn't support new versions of Chrome on XP anymore. There is just a point where the OS is outdated.
Not many people run XP in China anymore. Maybe some netcafes with pirated versions that they don't want to upgrade. Its really been a while since I've seen anyone run XP in Beijing.
Please, Microsoft, switch to an evergreen OS model like Apple has.