Microsoft and Kinect. The Phenomenon.

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kowenicki said:

Reasonable said:

kowenicki said:

psrock said:

It is certainly a huge success in the United States, I actualy hear people talking about it the same way they used to for the Wii. But as successful as it has been, it hasnt affected the sale of the other consoles, it has actually help. 

How so...?

only the 360 is up YOY.  Both Wii and PS3 are down.

Wii sales are massively down.

So yes, it has affected other console sales.

No he's right.  There is no sign of PS3 and Wii having different sales patterns since Kinect launch.  PS3 is down vs it's own peak from previous year when Slim launched but it's trending the same after Kinect as before.  Same for Wii really.  For Kinect to have affected them their sales patterns should have changed right after Kinect launched, but they didn't in any noticable way.

Wii was trending that way before Kinect launched and was PS3.

I can go with the PS3... 

but the Wii sales are affected...

Is it Kinect that has the Wii selling 11k in japan, down 40% in Europe? The only place Kinect is a force is the US and it didnt stop the wii from selling 450k in feb.