Kinect preorders 'very low' - UK retailer

The comments below were not surprising the moment I read the article. "Didn't see that coming"

Not suprising.

Hasn't MS learned anything from Sony when they released the PS3 at $600?---esp. in this economy? You gotta take a hit, hope it sells, and back it up with great games. If it does well, they'll make their money back in no time. At this rate, good luck trying to get this Kinect off the ground and running.

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Why am I not shocked about this?

@DeadMonk28 Well, if I wanted to read only headlines, I would probably be better off reading tabloids. Still, do please ignore the rants of the ill-informed and crass though; most of them are not worth reading, much less replied to in a harsh manner, though informing them of certain matters that they had yet to know is of course a good thing to do. As for Microsoft announcing a firm price, 1Up has << LINK REMOVED >> that such info would not be had until Gamescom in August. The postponement is, as he implied, for the purposes of forecasting and marketing. However, considering << LINK REMOVED >> within Microsoft and its business partners concerning Natal-now-known-as-Kinect, I would take such a statement with several pinches of salt. If you ask me, Microsoft sure is doing a good job of trolling us with placeholder prices such that quite many are hissing and foaming at the mouth and sticking their tongues out so much that they risk dehydration.

Well they wanted you to Pre-order without knowing the final price like you are going to do that? £100 MAX and I would want software with it, for the price they are asking, I would demand that bone chip they removed put back in. You thought they would of learned about cutting corners with the RROD, but alas no. Should of just put out the remodled 360 and put the kinect camera, with the next gen console. That is going to be annouced in a couple of years anyway. The camera would have been cheeper to produce and it would not be a add on.

If they want more preorders then they will have to up the advertising. Nintendo made sure that the whole world was talking about the Wii and it was backed up by a heavy marketing campaign, events, sponsorship, etc. The problems I can see are the fact that the majority of current 360 owners are gamers who aren't really interested in motion control. The non-gaming crowd are being careful with their money right now and to expect them to buy a 360 with Kinect is going to be a very tough sale. Sony seem to have the right idea in that the Move controller seems to be targetted more to the gaming userbase due to its support of some proper gamers games. I guess only time will tell.

Not really surprising. $150 is a pretty expensive leap of faith in these economic conditions. I suspect most consumers will wait for reviews, feedback, and fine-tuning before they even consider opening their wallets. Never mind the fact that most homes already have a Wii which offers a similar service that is cheap, safe, and familiar.

Oh cuddles - stop it - please

duh, it shouldnt have taken them this long to realize that any periphrial that costs $150 probably wont be scooped up by millions of people, in fact this sounds a bit familiar, hd dvd drive anyone. they should release kinect bundled with the new xbox.

1 of the reasons the uk orders are so low is because that late in the year no-one will be spending hardly anything as the government announced an increase in VAT for january 3rd along with a load of tax increases people will be wary of that. So expensive items like kinect won't be high on the list of things to get, ive heard quite a few people worrying about how much money they're going to have when things change or if they're smart enough they've already worked out how much they're getting shafted by these tax changes so they definatly won't be buying it

@bsnimunf Wow... just wow.

I don't get pre-orders this far out. Why would someone want to invest x amount of dollars 4 months before it is released?

Im a playstation guy, n while im not too intrigued by the ps move so far, it looks better than the kinect (for potential and for the price). I jus dont see how or why you wudnt want a controller. How do you pause your games?

Am I crazy or was much of the more promising elements of Kinect (Star Wars, Projact Gotham, Video Chat even Milo last year) seem staged? As in they don't actually work yet, and the demos were all acting...?

powerglove anyone?... how well did they really expect this to do..

sega cd anyone?

£50 and I'll get it. :). Ain't buying that for the same price as a 360.

I want it but, I want know if it actually works as shown. And, i also wont preorder because theres no solid-EU pricing yet other than £150 ($223). And on top of that, i'm waiting for the 360 Slim + Kinect + Games packages.

well said, BLuFAIc0n and supersonikk seriously, Microsoft. if you want us to buy kinect, you need good launch titles to boot. then you can slap that hefty 150 price tag on us and expect us to look the other way when we go purchase it. Also, make more exclusive IP's. PS3's definitely beat you in that area.

It just go,s to show microsoft trying to cash in again, by holding back on the official price untill the figures for pre-orders have been filed. There for they can charge whatever price they like, as long as pre-orders are high thats what there plan is. Now all they have done is shoot themselves in the foot. By not having a lower confirmed price.

@madmanjim Just thought I'd point that out. I'm not really saying that I think either will be a success, though.

Whilst I was initially looking forward to this, after E3 and the poor games available and high price point, it has put me off

...it's not worth it, and since there's only full of horrible games confirmed for the Kinect... who's goin' to buy it? No Games = No reason to buy

People are realising that Kinect is cack. Hope it fails, i don't want to look like an idiot whilst "playing" games. I don't think others want to either.

@Gelugon_baat Thank...you...GOD! Someone who actually read the article, and didn't just read the headline.

i will buy the PSmove even though I have the wii and they both are basically same

I was gonna get me a 360 slim with Kinect but I seen reviews that it overheats if playing for long time man what kind of crap is that I guess I'll stick with my PS3 and Wii. On weekends I usually run my consoles all day man if 360 can't handle that than forget it I'll wait may they'll fix that problem

kinect and move is anoying me now, casual gamers do not own a xbox or ps3! they buy a wii! why do they have to copy there marketing campaign i dont want all 3 consoles to be full of casual gamer rubbish

Good, I really hope this fails. The kinect looks like the trash I assumed it would look like. Literally everything is casual. Soccer moms playing white river rafting, some bro dancing, etc. I'll be getting the move, begrudgingly, for the same reason I got a wii, light gun shooters. Everything else will likely fail. I really wouldn't get the move either, but the Dead Space LE comes with extraction. I mean how can I pass that up?

ps move is a 100$ IF U DONT HAVE PS CAmera

not selling at £150?......strange....i wonder why..

yep IMHO Microsoft is way off with the pricing on this... The Playstation Move Camera and Controller pre-order price is £50 - shouldn't they be trying to compete, it's just a perhipheral at the end of the day?

It's funny how everyone was excited for 'Project Natal' until this year's E3. The games really let the technology down, and if it doesn't have good enough launch numbers, then who will want to develop for it? Sorry, I can't see Kinect being a success.

well with some thing like that you would want to try before you buy, not just preorder. why do they want as to preorder everything, bring good stuff out i will try it out and then i may buy it but only if its good

That is the worst advert I have ever seen

@punkpunker i completely agree

Umm its cause they want 150 for a camera that plays party games... and all we have seen is party games... even from the 3rd party publishers... I want to see them use it to play an FPS then I might start thinking about how it can be used differently. Cause at the moment it simply looks like all it can do is play party games.

This thing reminded me of the 32X the second I laid my eyes on it. I know I won't be wasting my money on this garbage. Stop worrying about gimmicks Microsoft, and starting thinking more about how to create compelling new IPs.

I will Just rest my mind and buy a good PC

That's what I thought...

Damn u microsoft not every year you wanna make me buy something new i have an elite then you wanted me to buy the new 360 then you wanna make me buy a Kinect i am not going to buy that wizard's stuff too expensive !!

come on, where are the hardcore games! stop relying on Gears of War and Halo for hardcore games, make a new exclusive IP.

The price point will keep almost everyone away from it!

Kinect/Move may be good on their own, but the jack-in-a-box is played out and the kids ain't impressed anymore.

Let's see do I buy Kinect for $150 or Halo Reach, Fallout NV and Mafia 2. Well that's not a hard decision

I just don't see anything wrong with using a controller.

I don't want one.

Unless they prove it's worth my time (with games that are worthwhile) then I won't invest. Especially not at £100 or more...