Kinect pre-orders boom (More than 500k preorders by launch! UK ONLY!)

[Alby_da_Wolf]

the_lonely_gamer_123 said:

Pipedream24 said:

Kinect is going to sell extremely well for one of the same reasons as the 360 S....many people want new hardware.  It's going on five years since the launch of the 360 and there are a lot of gamers looking to purchase something new.  With this console cycle showing no ending anytime soon, people will purchase because it's something different to mess around with, even if it turns out to be mediocre.

I also think Kinect is going to break in to the mainstream cosnumer this holiday as well.  Marketing and word of mouth  hype can go an awfully long way in making a product a must have holiday gift.

 

If Microsoft can advertise Kinect as the next 360, as new tech (which they have been), the wannabee tech junkies will buy them ASAP. 

IMVHO MS tries to give this feeling very often when it release something new, even if it's a simple upgrade or add-on. With WinXP it did wonders, despite it being essentially an update to Win2000.