Microsoft CES- 8 million Kinect Sold + 50 Million Sold Worldwide

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"]

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

This, my friends, is the power of advertising. You could sell polished s*** if you advertised it right with enough money.

XboximusPrime

what like the much hyped and perfect GT5?

it sold over 5 million, thats pretty good.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"]

what like the much hyped and perfect GT5?

CanYouDiglt

it sold over 5 million, thats pretty good.

Because GT5 does not cost $150.

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

it sold over 5 million, thats pretty good.

ImaPirate0202

Because GT5 does not cost $150.

[QUOTE="ImaPirate0202"]

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]You keep posting about how the kinect numbers suck because they are shipped well Sony I am sure only released shipped numbers for Gt5. When has sony been known to post anything but shipped? So then the question is if you want to bag on kinect then why are you bragging about GT5 when it is a even lower number and also shipped?

CanYouDiglt

Because GT5 does not cost $150.

People are buying a new product that had a $500 million dollar advertising campaign? This is unheard of.

This, my friends, is the power of advertising. You could sell polished s*** if you advertised it right with enough money.

foxhound_fox

After selling the garbage that is Kinect, Microsoft's marketing is living proof of that.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"]

what like the much hyped and perfect GT5?

CanYouDiglt

it sold over 5 million, thats pretty good.

If it was shipped, then fine.But you dont know if it was shipped. you cant assume everything fromSONY or any companyis shipped when they say sold because then whatsgoing to happenif they are telling the truth?I dont know if those were shipped. I now know Kinect numbers are shipped. I cant assume everything is shipped until I know its shipped. If I find out GT 5 numbers were shipped, great, ill start saying 5 million shipped. The thing that really sucks is we dont have a relaible source anymore for these stats. So its going to be a bunch of flip flopping, wording certain ways, and general confusion.

And people laughed at me when I told em Kinect would be a hit.i5750at4Ghz

If it was shipped, then fine.But you dont know if it was shipped. you cant assume everything fromSONY or any companyis shipped when they say sold because then whatsgoing to happenif they are telling the truth?I dont know if those were shipped. I now know Kinect numbers are shipped. I cant assume everything is shipped until I know its shipped. If I find out GT 5 numbers were shipped, great, ill start saying 5 million shipped. The thing that really sucks is we dont have a relaible source anymore for these stats. So its going to be a bunch of flip flopping, wording certain ways, and general confusion.

XboximusPrime

[QUOTE="Sword-Demon"][QUOTE="epicstory"]

Looks like Kinect helped further the gap again.

ImprovedMind

though a disappointment critically, GT5 is practically the definition of a system seller. and if the ps3's 2010 lineup was full of "general disappointments", then what was the 360's? :?

so yes.. we do need to wait for the ps3 numbers before we start saying that the gap has gotten bigger/smaller

That's pretty sad considering the game library for kinect is nonexistent.

Buying potential is always fun. That's why I'm so glad I bought APB.

Also FF14 (just kidding that has no potential).

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Are sales indicative of quality?

i5750at4Ghz

None of those sales are deserved. Its called excessive marketing, Kinect was advertised on cereal boxes.

KevinPlanet

And no decent first party game. How terrific.

-Snooze-

We have one for the family now. The only thing worth any praise on it is the dance central. The other games are just crap. And even the dancing gets old. Once you get past the "ooo its tracking my hand" its over.

[QUOTE="lhughey"]3 people have purchased Kinects because they stopped by my house and played. Its really a neat device. The second wave of games should be interesting...aia89

it's an interesting device, yes, but what about that core audience that made the 360 sucessful? are they useless now? it's not like they have to announce 10 big exclusives here, but at least show some care? oh well, let's see what they have in store for us next week.. I'm not getting my hopes up at all, expectations are low, but it's good in case something good happens, I'd be gladly surprised!

Says the guy with the Mario avatar ;)

Its CES, they never announce games there. Why do we go through this same thing every year? "The 360 is dead. It has no games." M$ will release info about games shortly. They never rush it.

Games that are going to be released this year have been in development for over a year. They didn't stop in their tracks as soon as Kinect was released! Game developers are just realizing how successful the device is. So I would expect the onslaught of Kinect titles in about 12-18 months. Furthermore, M$ is a big company with lots of resources and good management. You act like they can't serve more than one demographic with the 360. Remember, the Xbox brand has always been the Halo box. I don't think they'll forget the kind of gamers who are the majority of users.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

If it was shipped, then fine.But you dont know if it was shipped. you cant assume everything fromSONY or any companyis shipped when they say sold because then whatsgoing to happenif they are telling the truth?I dont know if those were shipped. I now know Kinect numbers are shipped. I cant assume everything is shipped until I know its shipped. If I find out GT 5 numbers were shipped, great, ill start saying 5 million shipped. The thing that really sucks is we dont have a relaible source anymore for these stats. So its going to be a bunch of flip flopping, wording certain ways, and general confusion.

shinrabanshou

Impressive, MS has come a long way this gen, no doubt about it.

I don't know why people are bashing at the Kinect for not having fun games. You need to have friends: if you don't, it's true, it won't be much fun. But I was playing Kinect Adventures and Dance Central with my friends and we were having a blast.

And Dance Central is a great game, whether you like it or not.

I don't know why people are bashing at the Kinect for not having fun games. You need to have friends: if you don't, it's true, it won't be much fun. But I was playing Kinect Adventures and Dance Central with my friends and we were having a blast.

And Dance Central is a great game, whether you like it or not.

iAtrocious

Uh that's 8 million units shipped*. ;}Rockman999

http://twitter.com/dinabass/statuses/22900915165986816

"Latest from MSFT: Kinect number is indeed sell-in. However, as per @aarongreenberg no inventory, pretty much all of them have been sold thru"

According to this most if not all of that 8 million is sold through the real number could be anywhere from 7.5 million or higher

Shipped or sold? ;)Heil68

they didn't send them to retailers free of charge.

As far as Kinect goes (Brothers -box / my old 360) I don't see it having a gaming experience of suitable fun that I could play on my own. However me and my mates had fun playing the football (Soccor) game on Kinect sports If I recall properly however it was very minimal and disguised as a football game when in rality its the same gameplay mechanics as the rafting game.

Move (Minefree with 320GB PAL bundle)the only thing my friends have enjoyed is The Gladiator arena duel in sports champions which was very enjoyable but outside that the peripherals usless and that required 4 controller for the full experience.

None of my friends have said they would buy it at the current price points and I can't say I blame them.

It's MS up to it's normal shinannigans, Go check what packages are available to consumers at the moment and tell me they aren't doing the same thing fanboys accused Sony of doing with Blu-ray.

and FYI, my family bought me a useless 4GB slim model for x-mas that cant take the HDD from my launch 360, no HDDs available (they are $100 on sale) and the only way I could get a larger hard drive is to return it and get a kinect package.

Coincidence? With MS?

I think not.

FragTycoon

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Shipped or sold? ;)CaseyWegner

they didn't send them to retailers free of charge.

So that's the result of hurling so many millions at marketing it? Hah. Colour me indifferent really, good luck to them.skrat_01

Shipped or sold? ;)Heil68

they didn't send them to retailers free of charge.

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Shipped or sold? ;)CaseyWegner

they didn't send them to retailers free of charge.

unless the goods were consigned

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Shipped or sold? ;)ohthemanatee

they didn't send them to retailers free of charge.

unless the goods were consigned

let's be realistic.

And people laughed at me when I told em Kinect would be a hit.i5750at4Ghz

That is because Kinect is a joke...so people laugh. Why is it a joke? Because since the Wii came out in 2006, the 360 fanboys have been screaming about two things over and over. First being that the 360 is the only hardcore console for hardcore gamers on the market. Second, that motion controls like the Wii uses are stupid and nobody in their right mind would want to "look stupid jumping around and waving their arms in the air".

Cut to 4 years later (give or take) and suddenly every 360 owner is a casual gamer who LOVES motion control games and especially Kinect which LITERALLY (unlike the Wii) involves jumping around and waving your arms in the air.

That is why people laugh. For years 360 fans have been bashing motion controls as the death of real gaming and now that motion control is popular, 360 fans are bragging about their love and support of motion control as if they were the ones who originally thought of it, invented it and brought it into the mainstream.

As a PS3 and Wii owner who has had both consoles since 2006 early 2007...I am done with motion control. My Wii barely gets played anymore unless my son who is 2 wants to watch it, and I couldn't care less about Move either. So you'll have to excuse me if I find the 360 fans sudden obsession and support of motion control, now that 360 has it, to STILL be a joke.

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[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"]

they didn't send them to retailers free of charge.

CaseyWegner

unless the goods were consigned

let's be realistic.

I know they probably weren't, but i'm just saying, you CAN ship stuff for free, that's how most TV's and household appliances are sold

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]And people laughed at me when I told em Kinect would be a hit.ZIMdoom

That is because Kinect is a joke...so people laugh. Why is it a joke? Because since the Wii came out in 2006, the 360 fanboys have been screaming about two things over and over. First being that the 360 is the only hardcore console for hardcore gamers on the market. Second, that motion controls like the Wii uses are stupid and nobody in their right mind would want to "look stupid jumping around and waving their arms in the air".

Cut to 4 years later (give or take) and suddenly every 360 owner is a casual gamer who LOVES motion control games and especially Kinect which LITERALLY (unlike the Wii) involves jumping around and waving your arms in the air.

That is why people laugh. For years 360 fans have been bashing motion controls as the death of real gaming and now that motion control is popular, 360 fans are bragging about their love and support of motion control as if they were the ones who originally thought of it, invented it and brought it into the mainstream.

As a PS3 and Wii owner who has had both consoles since 2006 early 2007...I am done with motion control. My Wii barely gets played anymore unless my son who is 2 wants to watch it, and I couldn't care less about Move either. So you'll have to excuse me if I find the 360 fans sudden obsession and support of motion control, now that 360 has it, to STILL be a joke.

As opposed to Sony who quantified the Wii and motion gaming as a fad and then quickly went out and copied it. You forgot to mention the Sony faithful and how they were the exact same way and now scream the core game mantra. Funny thinig, Nintendo has always appealed to there core audience and has done it longer with Wii . Quit implying that MS fans were the only people that felt this way and are now magically transformed...

Welp, I guess Kinect will replace that Wii as the "sitting in the closet collecting dust" item.

Welp, I guess Kinect will replace that Wii as the "sitting in the closet collecting dust" item.

kobedaGOAT

Yeah you can create extra space by just throwing away the Move...

[QUOTE="kobedaGOAT"]

Welp, I guess Kinect will replace that Wii as the "sitting in the closet collecting dust" item.

KevinnButlerNPK

Yeah you can create extra space by just throwing away the Move...

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]And people laughed at me when I told em Kinect would be a hit.ZIMdoom

That is because Kinect is a joke...so people laugh. Why is it a joke? Because since the Wii came out in 2006, the 360 fanboys have been screaming about two things over and over. First being that the 360 is the only hardcore console for hardcore gamers on the market. Second, that motion controls like the Wii uses are stupid and nobody in their right mind would want to "look stupid jumping around and waving their arms in the air".

Cut to 4 years later (give or take) and suddenly every 360 owner is a casual gamer who LOVES motion control games and especially Kinect which LITERALLY (unlike the Wii) involves jumping around and waving your arms in the air.

That is why people laugh. For years 360 fans have been bashing motion controls as the death of real gaming and now that motion control is popular, 360 fans are bragging about their love and support of motion control as if they were the ones who originally thought of it, invented it and brought it into the mainstream.

As a PS3 and Wii owner who has had both consoles since 2006 early 2007...I am done with motion control. My Wii barely gets played anymore unless my son who is 2 wants to watch it, and I couldn't care less about Move either. So you'll have to excuse me if I find the 360 fans sudden obsession and support of motion control, now that 360 has it, to STILL be a joke.

[QUOTE="KevinnButlerNPK"]

[QUOTE="kobedaGOAT"]

Welp, I guess Kinect will replace that Wii as the "sitting in the closet collecting dust" item.

CanYouDiglt

Yeah you can create extra space by just throwing away the Move...

[QUOTE="kobedaGOAT"]

Welp, I guess Kinect will replace that Wii as the "sitting in the closet collecting dust" item.

KevinnButlerNPK

Yeah you can create extra space by just throwing away the Move...

Sorry, I think you have me confused with someone who's braindead enough to be a console fanboy....

[QUOTE="KevinnButlerNPK"]

[QUOTE="kobedaGOAT"]

Welp, I guess Kinect will replace that Wii as the "sitting in the closet collecting dust" item.

Yeah you can create extra space by just throwing away the Move...

Sorry, I think you have me confused with someone who's braindead enough to be a console fanboy....

[QUOTE="Richymisiak"]VGchartz got something right?... *shivers*themyth01

[QUOTE="kobedaGOAT"]

[QUOTE="KevinnButlerNPK"]

Yeah you can create extra space by just throwing away the Move...

blue_hazy_basic

Sorry, I think you have me confused with someone who's braindead enough to be a console fanboy....

I got the kinect as a gift. After spending a hour with Dance Central, I quickly realized how unfun it was. The urge to play an atual game, with a controller, quickly reigned supreme. People can be blinded by "brand loyalty" all they want, fact is the "you are the controller" gimmick is surely gonna hurt Kinect alot more than it's gonna help. With all its troubles, the Wii was still able to incorporate motion control into fantastic games like SMG. Kinect will never have a game remotely close. I know this and so do the people....

[QUOTE="themyth01"][QUOTE="Richymisiak"]VGchartz got something right?... *shivers*blue_hazy_basic

In PR speak "over 50 million" likely equates to between 50.1 million and 50.6 million (at and above which becomes PR speak "almost 51 million") cumulative units shipped worldwide.

Ergo, vgchartzzzz are claiming the 360 channel is currently pretty much completely exhausted, the likelihood of which makes either makes their numbers as wrong as usual, or means Microsoft are horrendous at managing their supply chain.