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askel50 on 10 November 2010
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theprof00 said:
askel50 said:

Isnt't it normal for the console maker when an accessory is low in supply to push for the bundles? We have seen this happen in the past. Now there aren't enought kinect to keep with the demand, so imo they are shipping more bundles then they normally would do. I wouldn't be surprised if the ratio was 50/50 or more. Beside everyone knew that kinect would have started by selling to people who already owned an xbox 360. The wii also started that way, usually casual gamers don't rush to buy something on day one.

this has never happened. This is like saying people bought consoles for the controllers inside, once the controller supply ran out.

every single standalone kinect pairs with a 360. On one end, it's perfect synchrony. New users can buy both, 360 users can buy the kinect. Perfect market.

On the other hand you have a bunch of bundles that 360 owners will have to spend double for to get kinect, but new owners will be able to buy it.

In these kinds of pushes, the manufacturer really wants there to be JUST ENOUGH bundles, but plenty more standalones. This might not be the case for microsoft.

My point was that if you have an hot new item complementary to an item that has been in the market for some time, it's good policy to "use" the new item to push the old one. If you think back both wiimote and wiifit had their initial shortage period, in those days bundles were the only way to find them (not necessarily nintendo bundles). Obviously ideal would be to ship enough to satisfy the demand, but if that's not possible, or a shortage happen, you may get a rate skewed toward the bundles.