Did anyone see any hard numbers in this story? I am not saying that it is not going to sell well early, but I don't see anyone but the poster mentioning half a million.
The only quote that mentioned numbers were that one chain encouraged its stores to secure 10 orders per day. Is that not telling the selling staff to reach a target each day (like Gamestop does)? The story comments make the same point.
Quality and software will ultimately dictate Kinect's fate. There will always be early adopters. Right now, anyone who thinks they might be interested in probably pre-ordering to make sure they can get one in case there are shortages (which undoubtedly there will be until at least February -- based upon the X360 launch). The real question is whether anyone will want to buy Kinect next May.
Mike from Morgantown
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