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kowenicki said:

Kinect is one of, if not THE, best home platform launch ever?

Isn’t it?

 

Wii after 6 weeks (30th December)

Hardware:  2,932,010

Top 5 software

Wii Sports         2,550,825 (bundled)

Zelda                1,801,085 (existing large franchise)

Play                  778,542 (bundled with free controller)

Red Steel          288,171

Rayman RR       226,390

 

PS3 after 6 weeks (23rd December) staggered launch

Hardware:  1,078,074

Only one title above 200k

 

360 after 6 weeks (31st December 2005)

Hardware:  1,169,924

One title above 500k

Two titles above 300k

One title above 200k

 

 

 

 

 

KINECT after 6 weeks (11th December 2010)

Hardware: 3,978,868

Adventures       3,978,868 (bundled)

Sports              1,246,435

Dance central    717,292

Kinectimals       367,501

Your Shape       246,985


So Kinect is a home platform now? 8th console generation start confirmed then?

Wii Fit sold very close to it and it wasn't released by X-mas or heavily bundled with the Wii on its first 6 weeks. I think Wii Fit wins. Sorry to burst your bubble, but if Kinect is a home platform, so is Wii Fit.

 

Wii Fit Sales (Wii)

Week Americas Japan EMEAA Worldwide Running Total
1 729,598 252,510 638,416 1,620,524 1,620,524
2 104,054 152,840 334,381 591,275 2,211,799
3 43,139 121,330 225,654 390,123 2,601,922
4 88,811 216,456 137,726 442,993 3,044,915
5 62,626 135,580 86,525 284,731 3,329,646
6 95,318 110,944 58,649 264,911 3,594,557
Ten Week Totals: 1,494,465 1,350,701 1,692,859 4,538,025
Lifetime Totals: 9,587,881 3,594,272 9,506,278 22,688,431