kowenicki said:
RolStoppable said:
daroamer said:
| Metallicube said:
But as I expected, the Kinect GAMES are not really selling, only the hardware, from the sheer noevelty. But eventually this will change, and the hardware sales will be brought down to the level of the software sales, unless some killer aps are released for it. It is ALWAYS games that moves hardware. Always.
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Wii - Week of Dec 2006 - Americas
Top 10 Wii Software Sold (Not including bundled games) - 1.55 million units
Kinect Games - Week of Dec 11 2010 - Americas
Top 7 Kinect Games Sold (Not including bundled games) - 2.16 million units
I only did 7 because I don't know how to sort the Kinect only games and only 7 were in the Xbox top 30.
Still, those 7 games are outselling the top 10 Wii games in approx the same time period by 600,000 units in the Americas.
So if Kinect isn't selling any games then Wii was much worse which is why it turned out to be such a gimmicky failure like so many at the time predicted.
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Installed base also plays a role for software sales. What are those for the Wii and Kinect at that point in time?
EDIT: I checked the American numbers myself.
Wii hardware for the week ending December 9th 2006: 832k. Top 10 software excluding Wii Sports: 1.55m.
Kinect hardware for the week ending December 11th 2010: 2.602m. Top 7 software excluding Kinect Adventures: 2.16m.
So Kinect sold more software, but its attach rate comes in at below one game per device. Below one game! The Wii's attach rate is just under two, or in other words, one whole game sold more per system than what Kinect achieved. Adding in all available software wouldn't really change the results, so it's enough to just look at the top sellers.
On a sidenote, Kinect launched on November 4th while Wii launched on November 19th, giving Microsoft's device two weeks more in this comparison which should be an advantage for Kinect as it enjoyed a longer time period on sale and those who got it on launch day would be more likely to go out and buy an additional game.
For someone who just accused someone else a few minutes ago of leaving out important facts to fit an argument... well, you've been found guilty of the very same thing which means you aren't any better than him. But at least we now know for sure that Kinect's software sales are indeed not good.
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pathetic..
I still cant believe you seem to want to 'side' with someone of the calibre of metallicube.
Then again, I do love it when people finally show their true colours.
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So instead of trying to argue against his points, you go and offend him. Hooray for you!
Personally I think that rols post pretty much sums up the deal. It will be fun seeing how people are going to try to get aroung the fact that kinects attachrate is half of the wiis at the comperable time!
