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Tired of Hearing About Kinect?

Posted on Friday, October 29 @ 13:22:02 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

Microsoft doesn't care. They're going to keep talking... and talking... and Ellen is going to keep dancing... and Oprah... and... *Phew* That's the kind of thing that has to happen for Kinect to sell 3 Million units this holiday.

That's the word from Aaron Greenberg, Chief of Staff at Microsoft. He's reiterating what's been said at Tokyo Game Show and by Kudo Tsunoda. Speaking with Eurogamer, Greenberg elaborated on what Microsoft expects of Kinect this holiday season.

"We haven't given any projections beyond this holiday, but this will be the largest launch we've ever had as a business. We'll definitely sell more sensors than the Wii sold when it launched or the Xbox 360 sold when it launched.

We feel safe we'll do three million this holiday, which puts us in pretty high territory for even a consumer electronics product."

Those are some mighty big words, but if anyone knows big business, it's Microsoft.

That being said... Here's what I think: The Wii was held back not by people's demand or desire to purchase the console. It was held back by production. If there was no limit in that area, I am 100% Kinect would not be outselling the Wii's initial numbers.

Of course, I'm a member of the enthusiast press. I don't know what "casual" gamers want. Don't listen to me. I don't matter anymore. Your new source for video game news are daytime talk show hosts.

Tags: kinect, Xbox 360

Comments

Rinnon
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Oct 29th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
No, I'm inclined to agree with you 100%. Even IF Kinect outsells Wii's initial sales numbers, I'd be pretty damn sure it was due to a lack of consoles in the first year. On that note, I purchased my Wii the SECOND Christmas it came out, and the only reason I even was able to FIND one was that my Roommate at the time worked for EB games and put one aside for us. Even the SECOND Christmas it came out there were shortages! Frankly, I'll be surprised if the Kinect has that kind of staying power... but what do I know? I'm a quote "hardcore gamer" unquote. I don't know what casual gamers want.

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NickKmet
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Oct 29th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I was only able to get my wii after Costco arrived at a deal with Nintendo to sell them discounted in stores - and even then, they ran out of them pretty damned quickly after I got mine. And that was well after the launch date. It was definitely a supply issue with the Wii.

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ryandebraal
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Oct 31st, 2010 at 1:11 am
Kinect has no big name games - that might be a challenge to it's staying power.

The launch titles are like 4 dancing game, 4 fitness games, 4 lite sports games and Sonic -- and as you know, nobody has had as much luck changing formulas as Sonic has...

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