Microsoft believes Kinect will sell 3 million units this holiday
In an interview at the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg said Kinect, behind a huge marketing effort, will sell 3 million units this holiday season.
“We believe this will be the biggest launch in our history, for Xbox. We will sell more Kinect sensors than we did [systems] at Xbox 360 launch,” Greenberg said.
“Our estimates that we will sell in excess of 3 million units this holiday,” he added. Further, Microsoft is spending “hundreds of millions” of dollars in marketing, “exceeding in what we did when we launched the original Xbox 360,” Greenberg claimed.
Kinect will launch with 15 titles, and while they seem pretty much aimed at the softcore gamer, according to Greenberg that’s good enough.
“The launch lineup, I think when they personally experience these titles, first-hand, I think people will be impressed with level of depth, the amount of skill required, and how immersive they are, not just for new users, but for existing owners.”
Additionally, Greenberg assures gamers that motion-based games are nowhere even close to Microsoft’s main gaming objective and that controller-based games are still king.
“As a platform all-up, I think you’ll continue to see the majority of titles controller-based. The core of our business is blockbuster games, and that will not change. We see this as additive,” he assures gamers.
What do we think about all of this? 3 million units isn’t that large a figure, considering the Xbox 360′s huge install base. I’m all for diversification, so long as it doesn’t come at the cost of my (controller-based) experience. Thoughts?
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2010/09/16/microsoft-believes-kinect-will-sell-3-million-units-this-holiday/
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--Facebook--Posted:
dude make a product that us hardcore gamers like...and make the soft core gamers become hardcore. because hardcore gamers are the ones who dish out the most money in the long run.
xSpankyyPosted:
i hear they put the camara's quality down
3mills is alot its the wii with less game
i have a wii its shit i only got it to download free games witch i do if i have to pay 40-60 for a game im gonna play 1 hour and get frustated nanana and btw there saying 3 mill and ignoring what the "hardcore gamers" want aimed at the softcore gamer, according to Greenberg thats good enough. aka they dont give a shit if u a xbox fan boii
3mills is alot its the wii with less game
i have a wii its shit i only got it to download free games witch i do if i have to pay 40-60 for a game im gonna play 1 hour and get frustated nanana and btw there saying 3 mill and ignoring what the "hardcore gamers" want aimed at the softcore gamer, according to Greenberg thats good enough. aka they dont give a shit if u a xbox fan boii
BozzleZPosted:
Why are the games at normal 40, $60 prices?! Joyride has 6 tracks and was originally coming out as a free arcade game and kinectimals, well, whoever spend 40 on that piece of crap is an idiot!
vegasgamerPosted:
this is a good idea for parents to get for their kids who are gonna grow up addicted to video games, keep them active and moving at least.
iTzThE1NOnlYPosted:
3 million is a high number with the wii floating around...i dont know if it will reach that.....well watch and see :)
TheTTGHoster_v1Posted:
This Thing Is Gonna Be Just Like The Wii, Dissapointing.
The Wii Got Boring after about 10 times of playing it I am Assuming This will be the same way.
I dont know Microsoft U may be making a big mistake
The Wii Got Boring after about 10 times of playing it I am Assuming This will be the same way.
I dont know Microsoft U may be making a big mistake
KrimsonPosted:
gl with 3 million this toy is for babies you know we love playing kinectimals all day instead of fps games.
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