My favourite player is turning 12! Although I mostly use MPC because my mom is using WMP on the same PC. Best thing is, it comes with CODEC (more) now!!!
New WMP looks nice, codec support out of the box could be handy for people who don't know about codecs or how to get them.
Finally I can use WMP without worrying about codec. I still can't get MPC to work as well as on XP. And VLC is not as good as MPC.
The lack of codecs and problem downloading them is the reason why I junked WMP in favour of Media Player Classic and K-Lite Mega Codec Pack.