Is the Kinect boost to the Xbox 360 an illusion?

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voty2000 said:

Metallicube said:

It never ceases to amaze me how passionately people here defend a hardware add on. I just look at those games and, I cannot understand it.. Boggles the mind.

I mean do people here really WANT games like that? Or to play games without a controller?

You can't understand that people have different tastes in games?  And yes, people WANT games like that, 8 million have already got one.  It's not for you, who cares?  I don't want one now but I won't downplay its success or say crap like it's sales will fall to obscurity. 

Yep, I consider myself a hardcore gamer and I bought Kinect. I like Kinect Sports but mostly bought it because of the issue of not having games more then two people can interact with. So if I have a group of friends over they are always down to play Kinect.  It's a good party add on. I also had my mom buy it after she tried it and my uncle and aunt. Both never play video games and nore did they buy wii. So it is reaching the audience and from the looks of it at wal-mart today they are having a hard time keeping up with orders.

However as far as selling to existing customers I would have to say that it's mostly selling to new customers. I always see stand alone Kinect units and maybe a few non Kinect bundled xbox 360 units but never Kinect 360  units.  So they need to up production on 360 Kinect units. I don't now about EMEAA but in USA it is selling out still and it's feb. So hopfully by march they can catch up with demand. I can't ever Find Kinect 360 units and I live near chicago.  I look all the time just for conversation but will take pics to prove my points in the future as I always get told it's all anecdotal evidence. Which is still true but atleast I got one pic, rather then non.