Kinect sold out at Gamestop and Newegg

[maxer]

TheFlyingDutchman said:

 

maxer said:

1- It's being sold separately at GameStop again, but I feel that Kinect is selling like crazy - Microsoft cannot just push the buttons of multiple retailers and fake that Kinect is doing well.

Pieces of evidence besides the above:

2- A user at CVG.co.uk claimed that the game shop he worked for (in the UK) was taking 30-40 pre-orders A DAY! That is just crazy.

3 - You see it at twitter too, more and more people claiming they pre ordered Kinect (compared to a couple of weeks / months ago). 

1-Oh yes they can!

2- So one user claims 30-40 pre-orders a day? I've heard more people claiming they've hacked the PS3.
3- It would be a total fail if it wouldn't get more attention by now.

1) They may influence them, but they cannot force them to sell Kinects. These retailers have shareholders too, and they have customers: if a story like this would come out (and it will if it is true), then these retailers can pack their bags and Microsoft as well. Microsoft is not that stupid. Influencing: "please advice Kinect if people ask for motion control - there is a nice bonus" - yes, maybe, but:

1.1) customers still have to make up their own minds

1.2) Kinect was sold out at the website, so most of these customers did not get the advice from a retailer

1.3) Yes, they could also fake selling out, but this may actually cost them money, Microsoft may compensate them for those losses, yes possible: but highly unlikely. And if not, why isn't Sony doing the same then?!

1.4) as seen on the pre order charts at VGChartz, Kinect is steadily moving towards top 10 and still selling 10k pre orders a week (US alone)

2) Yes, 30-40 pre orders a day.

3) The attention has been there all the time, but now people are claiming to actually BUY the thing: that's different and you know it. These are not twitter accounts from none-existing robots, but just people.