Kinect launch success????? Some figures.

[qmoney88]

Metallicube said:

qmoney88 said:

Kinect has been a monster this holiday season, something I wrote off myself but ended up picking one up lol... those are some impressive sales figures and yes the kinect is seen as a new hardware entry for microsoft, not an add on.  You dont pour more money into advertising for an add on than you do for the console it adds onto, and microsoft themselves confirmed that kinect would see the largest marketing push in company history.

Kinect is not an add on? News to me.

Try playing a Kinect without an Xbox 360 and get back to me.

It doesn't matter what it's "seen as." The fact is that it's an add no matter how you try to spin it, and thus shouldn't be compared to the Wii. Comparing Kinect to the balance board would be a more accurate comparison.

I wish I was as narrow minded as you, things would be much more simple.  Kinect is seen as a "platform" not necessarily a console, but not as limited as an "add-on" would suggest.  The fact that you find the kinect comparable to the balance board is indicative of the logic used to produce such a post.  However, it is obvious that people's idea of an add-on and platform differ which is why there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding the status of the kinect.  I have never seen an "add-on"  house the variety of software that is out now and is yet to come due to the versatility it offers developers when they are designing said software.  When you have a device that is going to be supported by a continuous stream of software developed SPECIFICALLY for that device covering a broad range of genres with planned hardware updates Im not quite sure how kinect could be seen as anything other than a platform.  Hell, even littlebigplanet 2 will be considered its own platform even though it may be a piece of software it still provides the tools and functions necessary to allow those who use littlebigplanet 2 to create a broad range of experiences.