By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
daroamer on 17 December 2010
Edit Thread
gekkokamen said:
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

Microsoft themselves said Kinect is a new platform, they compared it to a hardware launch.  Studios and franchises were created specifically for the new hardware.  There were 17 titles at launch that were specifically made for Kinect.  Microsoft has also said Kinect is central to their strategy with the Xbox moving forward.

Did Nintendo make any of those claims about the Wii Fit balance board?  Seems to me it was a game/workout program that came with a peripheral, like Rock Band or Tony Hawk Ride.  Nintendo didn't consider the release of Wii Fit as a relaunch of their console.