A couple other thoughts:
- If Kinect sells primarily to existing X360 owners - initially - its not a bad thing. Existing X360 owners who buy Kinect will be less likely to buy another system, and even though there is a hit to games purchased per year from such a big non-console item, given the budgets people have. In the long run its probably a neutrel impact to games sold per existing consumer since it makes X360 look fresh.
- Target is off and on the strongest Wii retailer in the USA. So the fact that X360 Kinect and Kinect standalone bundles are doing well there is promising. Before, Target was one of Microsoft's weaker retailers in the USA.
- We're not going to be to tell much about what Kinect itself is pushing - COD is so big that it probably pushes some hardware even before it launches. Moreover, in the USA hardware tends to start rising, almost regardless of software once we get into November.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
