ToysRUs cancels Kinect preorders that used 40% coupon

[twesterm]

Icyedge said:

twesterm said:

Icyedge said:

kowenicki said:

Porcupine_I said:

this looks like the is not much of a margin for retailers in kinect

how so?

They are loosing enough money to justify cancelling the orders of their customers, which mean they have a low margin on it. Low margin is common pratice in video games anyway.

You're really grasping at straws.  I would be willing to be this really was just an error.

These things happen all the time, they just usually aren't on a large scale or that big (nearly half off, at launch!) so it's pretty understandable the cancelled those.

 

I was talking of toy r us having a low margin not microsoft. Sure it was obviously an error, but no companies cancel orders unless they loose enough money to justify it. Low margin for retailers on Video games is common practice, nothing related to kinect itself. Wheres the grasping as straws?!?!

It doesn't matter how much money they make on the product, giving something for nearly half-off for a brand new (hopefully) popular product is a bad move for a business.  They'd attract a lot of people, but I'm assuming they're planning on selling whatever stock they receive whether they give you 40% off or a $10 gift card. 

The grasping for straws bit comes from just trying to come up for any reasons for why Kinect could fail.  Whether that's your goal or not, that's just what it sounds like.