| TheSource said: Walmart.com: Kinect game(s) hw bundles sold out Kinect X360 game - not sold out
Amazon.com Kinect game(s) hw bundles sold out Kinect X360 game - not sold out
Target.com Kinect game(s) bundles sold out Kinect X360 game bundles - SOLD OUT
Best Buy.com Kinect game bundle sold out Kinect X360 game bundles - not sold out
Toys R US.com Kinect game bundle - sold out Kinect X360 game bundles - not sold out
Game Stop.com Kinect game bundle - NOT sold out Kinect X360 game bundles - not sold out
Essentially, the bundles for people without X360 are in stock everywhere but Target, while the Kinect hw game bundles for existing X360 bundles are sold out everywhere but Game Stop. This sort of reflects my concern for Kinect this Christmas - the initial buyers will be the existing X360 audience primarily. The console bundles are certainly selling well if you look at the top-selling retailer products on their websites, but it doesn't seem like the demand is ahead of expectations in the way that the Kinect Game bundle demand is from the X360 audience. For Kinect to be a huge hardware pusher, it'd be easier the other way around - the sales to the base strong but not sellouts and the sales to everyone else above supply levels on strong word of mouth or something. What have you all heard anecdotally? Once COD week slows a bit I'm probably going to go over to some retailers and ask for some opinions on Kinect sales. |
This is pretty much what I've been encountering in several DC Metro area stores as well...the stand alone $149.99 bundles are sold out at most retailers I've checked out, which means current Xbox owners are snapping them up fast. I usually frequent 3 best buys and they are totally out, and more importantly, the games are gone as well, so I'm glad I picked up mine on launch day. I guess the $149.99 price point was spot on for M$, and methinks these will have some legs heading into the holiday season. As for the 360-Kinect bundles, I think they will be the sku of choice for those picking up a 360, and I think WOM and store displays are really going to push these things. I can’t tell you how many parents and kids I saw messing around with it, but time will tell, and it will be interesting to see what the first week tally will be. Anything under 300K will be a miss, imho, and 300-500 K is a pretty decent range for week one of it. Anything above that, and we might be looking at the runaway gadget for the season. With so many titles soldout though, I imagine it had to push A LOT of software…
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