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Mr Puggsly on 27 October 2010
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Kinect Sales Jump After Oprah Appearance Posted by Jeremy M. Zoss at 2:00 PM Oct 21, 2010

Oprah says "Kinect will be huge! This I command!"

The other day, we reported that Microsoft's upcoming Kinect camera was given away to hordes of non-gamers in the audience of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Of course we made fun of the fact that an Xbox 360 add-on was being touted on possibly the least gamer-centric show in the universe.

 Well, who's laughing now?
According to Amazon.com, Kinect pre-orders have spiked in a big way, post Oprah appearance.
Clearly, Oprah is the Queen of Everything, even gaming. 

The standalone Kinect hardware saw a jump of 42% PO.* It now sits at #7 in the Amazon charts for all video game sales.

The Kinect will also be released in two separate hardware bundles. The version with the 4GB console jumped 67%. However, demand for that particular version is low - even after the PO jump, it only hit #100 on the sales charts.
The 250 GB version of the console bundle, however, is clearly in higher demand. After a sales increase of 43%, it hit #43 on the charts.
We have predicted on several occasions that the Kinect won't be much of a hit. Perhaps now it will be. Because Oprah commands it. 
*Post-Oprah.

 

 

Now I'm not sure if they are saying it just went higher on the list or if there was actually a sales boost. Lets speculate!


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