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Microsoft has announced that they have had their best sales ever over the last quarter in Australia on the heels of the Kinect controller that is new for the XBOX 360. The Kinect is the new hands free controller and new technology that is available for the XBOX 360 console and according to Microsoft officials seen a 20 percent increase in total sales globally as compared to last year.
The XBOX 360 grew over 50 percent in sales as compared to last year and with the help of the Kinect seen the highest gross in sales of Microsoft in Australia in any quarter of the year in history. Microsoft went on to say that they were able to sell 8 million units of the Kinect for the XBOX 360 and that was done in the first 60 days after it was released.
According to David McLean, the general manager of Microsoft's XBOX division in Australia and New Zealand, the Kinect was no doubt the catalyst that was repsonsible for the high sales Down Under. http://www.planetinsane.com/kinect-and-xbox-360-set-australian-sales-records/268399/
