So 30 million people who own a 360 can't even use it to its full ability? Hmmm. I would have thought live numbers were bigger than that.
Kinect sales reach 24 million
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Microsoft reveals new sales milestone for motion-sensing tech; Xbox Live membership jumps 15 percent year-over-year to 46 million subscribers.
Kinect sales have reached 24 million units worldwide, Microsoft revealed last night during the All Things D: Dive Into Media event. This is 5 million more than the 19 million sold by May last year.
The Kinect--formerly Project Natal--launched in November 2010. The technology currently retails for $99, though refurbished models are presently on sale through the Microsoft store for $70. Kinect units are also available in a range of Xbox 360 bundles.
An updated version of the Kinect is rumored to be at the core of Microsoft's next-generation platform.
In addition, Microsoft reiterated that 76 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold around the world to date. This is three times the number of original Xbox consoles sold, Microsoft said.
Xbox Live now has 46 million subscribers, the company added, noting this represents 15 percent year-over-year growth. An Xbox Live Gold subscription carries a price tag of about $5 per month, meaning Microsoft generates revenue of around $230,000,000 per month from subscriptions alone.
Microsoft also said 2012 was the "biggest year for entertainment and games usage" through the platform, serving 18 billion hours of "entertainment" during the year, up 10 percent year-on-year. The average Xbox Live Gold subscriber in the United States spends an average of 87 hours a month on the Xbox, also up 10 percent from last year, the company said.
Citing data from the Experian Simmons Spring 2012 Media Survey, Microsoft said 38 percent of the total Xbox Live audience in the United States is female, and 54 percent has at least one child in their household.
The Xbox 360's days may be numbered, as it has been widely speculated that Microsoft will usher in a next-generation platform by the end of the year. This console may even be announced at an Apple-style media briefing in March, perhaps in conjunction with the 2013 Game Developers Conference.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
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I can't believe these have been purchased by gamers - that just can't be the case.
I suspect it's more to do with the electronics modding community etc in utilising the kinects abilities.
As Bob Ross used to say "Just a happy little accident...)
@ecurl143 I liked the kinect but only for one game. After someone broke into my home and stole the whole lot I won't buy another kenect just for a single game. Now if it was around 40 bucks? sure cause how much I like Dance Central. But otherwise? no.
With 24 million sold that can only mean they are going to keep pushing it on us. Just hope it doesn't affect the development of any other games.
1 Like Yeah love my Xbox 360! king of all consoles hands down.
My PS3 gets used here and there some months lol
Waiting for Last of Us already
1 Like <3 XBOX360 <3 and <3 MICROSOFT <3
they are killing at this generation,i like my XBOX360 so much.
MICROSOFT strategies are so wise and gamers like them.
XBOX360 is the KING.
^__^
3 Like 46 million fools given free money to MS. And people say "there is no free lunch". MS is having a $230M banquet for free.
@ClaudiusCaesar hey bro you must talk nice first,2nd we pay for what we use.we enjoy better servers/services and we are happy.
you can play with your console and think you are cool but i think you are not.
becareful who you call the other gamers,do you get my words bro?
XBOX360 is the king and is for KINGs/QUEENs.
^__^
@xblackdivine Ok, maybe I shouldn't say "fool". Perhaps, "deceived people" would be more appropriated. I give you that. But, you shouldn't threat people, that worse than call them fool. Chears!
1 Like @shuffles88 Security and quality that only cost what MS gets from the absurd amount of ads on Xbox Live.
@ClaudiusCaesar Yeah the adds are just so bad. NOTTTTT
STFU Xbox live Shyts all over PSN. I have both consoles but damn WTF is with Sonys bare bones online.
You get what you pay for i guess.
Was hoping to see some PS Move numbers so compare, too bad. Good to now there's 24 million Kinect adventureus around. I trust 70%+ are in America too.
I want to know how many of these "sales" come from standalone Kinects? I remember when it first came out, stores still had their Christmas stock around the next summer.
@Mr_Big_Boss it is so much more for you PS move bro.
MICROSOFT is selling KINECT strongly while ps move is dusting.
shake yourself and sony a little bro.
^__^
1 Like @The__Kraken yep some of the best seeling music artisits aren't often not that musically talented, and some of the most popular food places don't taste the best
well they didn't get a dime from me!
the first month kinect was out i was skeptical about it but i've bought it because of the trailers
and after pluging it in and downloading sonic free riders i saw what that piece of garbage is really worth, after 2 days of use i took a train to the store, and said that what they sold me doesn't function and it bearly support voice command, and i (like boss) got my 85% refund of that piece of garbage
tried to convince my friend not to buy it but he's was certain that star wars kinect is gonna kick ass, and how wrong he was. he was soooo pissed he mearly punched the kinect, the poor fool, only sheep believe trailers cause it's fake as silicon tits
so what do we learn here? not to believe gimicks or trailers and to always demand a refund if an accesory is broken/bad
@thequickshooter KINECT is so cool to me and we talk garbage when we think garbage;then you must first cleans your mind.
KINECT is a new great way in gaming world.i used it on voice commanding at "ME3",building weapons at "GR:FS",FORZA4/FORZA:H and much more.
KINECT work so nice and most gamers who bought it like it.
do you want a "sweep"?
@xblackdivine @thequickshooter the kinect is a treand, nothing more
the voice command are cool i admit, but they doesn't register well, the kinect sometimes decides NOT to listen you and that could be a huge pissoff
and what is a "sweep"?
@thequickshooter when you say they didn't get a dime you mean they still got 15% of the rrp from you for nothing essentially?
@karl445 @thequickshooter the store got, not sure if microsoft did if someone return an item
Maybe if you would have actually played some of the GOOD games and not that Sonic crap you might have had a different opinion. LucasArts really dropped the ball on Star Wars Kinect, game had potential but they didn't spend the time or resources to make the controls work well. And what were they thinking with the dancing?
The best games for it are the ones that use it as an accessory, like Skyrim, Forza 4 and Mass Effect 3. And there are some good Kinect only games, but they are few and will vary among the gamer's taste in games if they would enjoy it. The Gunstringer was awesome, as was Child of Eden. And they work well as do a few other games.
So what did we learn here? Don't judge a system or peripheral based on a game that is known to be crappy.
@dlCHIEF58 @thequickshooter skyrim agree, fruit ninja agree
Cash effect 3-meh.
gunstinger blows
child of eden? are you serious?
wow your comment blows, the kinect flows in your blood
@dlCHIEF58 @thequickshooter only retards enjoy motion controlled gaming
congtraz bro you just earn the dumbass seal of ignorance
you can't seriously make the voice command such a "must" feature, it's cool sure, but fucking useless and for lazy people
on skyrim it's a must cause the game's menu is a fucking mess, but not that much of a must
and yeah i playied the kinect adventures and sports demo, it was cool at first but got bored really quick
it's like the Wii mote, a really shallow gimick that only serves to make sales, not good games
Now I know you are trollin, as you bash games you haven't played with the Kinect. According you your own statement, you only played the Sonic Riders demo (which using a demo to gauge whether a peripheral is good is questionable to begin with) before returning it 2 days later (I am assuming you played the pack in games if you even actually owned one to begin with).
You also bash Mass Effect 3 yet I was not making a statement about the game itself, it was about the Kinect integration which does add a lot to the game in terms of squad control and works. Plus the game itself is good, ending was a little disappointing but the game itself was solid up to that point.
If that is all you got, you haven't proved anything but you are a wannabe hipster trying to look cool by hating on the new popular thing and has to turn to insults when faced with an intelligent response. Yes I do enjoy my Kinect but I am willing admit that many of the developers have dropped the ball on many of the games and there is some room for improvement. Would I want all games to use it? No, at least not as the primary controller but no problems with voice integration or other optional features to enhance the gameplay being used. It is a refreshing change of pace from standard console games.
1 Like We now know there are at least 24 million gamers making the game market riddled by gimmicky peripherals. I will NOT buy a 'Durango' if Kinect is required.
3 Like Good, then the Xbox community will be a much better place without your hate and ignorance.
3 Like @dlCHIEF58 @disciple_slave The Xbox community would be a much better place without Kinect.
2 Like @R2C25 @Mr_Big_Boss @dlCHIEF58 @disciple_slave What's your point? Sales isn't indicative of quality. How many of those people who bought those games still play it?
@Mr_Big_Boss @dlCHIEF58 @disciple_slave I'm sorry, but your sentence is logically challenged. Kinect adventures sold almost 20 million copies. Kinect Sports sold more than 5 millions. And other similar titles surpassed the 2 million barrier, so how could the community be a better place without its most popular games.
On a side note - why did Eddie feel the need to mention that Kinect was formerly called Project Natal (and link to that ancient article announcing the official name)? Who at this point doesn't know what the Kinect is or knows it only by its codename?
1 Like "An Xbox Live Gold subscription carries a price tag of about $5 per month, meaning Microsoft generates revenue of around $230,000,000 per month from subscriptions alone."
Really gamespot? I mean, REALLY? You just made up some random number and wrote it as if it had some significant meaning.
I've never paid near $5 per month for Xbox Live. In fact, I currently pay about $2 per month for Xbox Live and I'm not the only one. In fact, I have 10 friends who also pay about $2 per month. How does that figure into your made-up revenue number?
My gosh, Gamespot you no clue when it comes to businesses, do you?
1 Like @Landsharkk yeah 10 friends, I can tell you can give accurate numbers just by knowing 10 xbox live users, lol thanks for the info "bussines expert"
@Landsharkk Even at 1 dollar a month that's still 12 dollars times 46 MILLION. Get a lot of people to pay a little and you still get good cash flow.
Would be curious to see the breakdown of Kinects purchased indivudually and Kinnects purchased as part of a bundle.
Not impressive. They include Kinects in lots of 360 bundles now, so who knows if those are honest sales. The XBLA thing is impressive though.
@TrueGB They were also selling those Kinect/hardware bundles for the same price as non Kinect bundles from time to time, meaning they were giving away the Kinect and counting it as a sale.
@TrueGB they know it's honest sale because you can purchase a xbox without kinect or another bundle, so if you buy a kinect bundle is because you want a kinect, not because it's a must
1 Like @TrueGB and?... what if they do? Did you invest in them? Is it the pleasure of seeing MS tank bring you guys to every Microsoft article? That's why most of Sony's products undersell MS's because you guys are so interested in the latter's products.
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