MS expects 2010 stock to sell out this week

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Euphoria14 said:

archbrix said:

Nsanity said:

If you want to see the unfettered joy on a loved-one's face that only a Kinect-shaped parcel under the Christmas tree can bring, you'd better get your act together. Microsoft reckons that unless you order one this week it'll be lumps of coal all round come 25th December.

According to TechCrunch, Microsoft exec Don Mattrick told the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that anyone wanting to buy a Kinect in time for Christmas should place an order "by the end of this week" or risk disappointment.

Mattrick went on to claim that he wasn't just cynically trying to spike sales with his prediction.

Call his bluff if you dare, but don't come crying to us when little Jimmy ruins Christmas lunch with his inconsolable tears of despair.

Microsoft's new motion-sensing hardware has been flying off shelves since its launch earlier this month. It moved a million units in its first 10 days on sale in the US. In the UK, Xbox 360 sales doubled in its first week on sale.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-17-buy-now-or-its-a-kinect-free-christmas

 

Actually VGChartz has the first 2 weeks in the Americas at about 800,574...

That Eurogamer article is wrong. They sold 1M in it's first 10 days Worldwide, not just in the US. Those numbers include ~3 days of EU launch sales.

The press release from Microsoft states "Worldwide".

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/nov10/11-15NineMillionPR.mspx

"Microsoft Corp. today announced it has sold 1 million Kinect for Xbox 360 units worldwide in 10 days and is on pace to hit 5 million by the end of the year."

Yeah that's what I figured; so VGChartz's estimates seem to be right.