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thismeintiel on 21 September 2011
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Seece said:
Joelcool7 said:
Carl2291 said:
Didn't Kinect do it much quicker?


Kinect isn't really considered a new console. It is a peripheral and no matter what anyone says it is nothing more. Also Kinect is the perfect example of a flop, it sold really well for the first few months but then died. Today Kinect is still selling but its lost its momentum.

Yes it is. Look at my above post, it's a peripheral to current owners, it's a new system to casuals Kinect IS a console to them. And no Kinect isn't a flop, you really don't know anything do you, the thing will explode again this christmas, that's easy enough to predict.


As for Rol's comment about Wii being a slow a steady race. Fact is Wii dominated not only at the beginning but reigned over the whole industry for years. Until last year Wii was still steadily outselling 360 and PS3 on a regular basis.Sure it didn't remain the dominant seller the whole generation, but I'd say it was fairly successful from start to finish.

Of course you would, but you would be wrong. The last few years of its life it will have been beaten by its two nearest rival and pushed into third place, and have hardly any SW come out for it. That isn't successful.

I don't think Nintendo expected any better!



I just don't get your seemingly blind devotion to this Kinect add-on.  Yes, I said add-on.  That's because that is what it is.  And it can't be considered anything more until MS bundles it with EVERY 360 sold.  It definitely can't be considered a console when in America (360 and Kinect's biggest market) VGC shows that Kinect Adventures/Kinect sold only 15,000 units, while the 360 itself sold 75,000 units.  That means that ~ 60,000 of the people who bought 360 last week had no interest in picking up the Kinect with it. 

As far as this holiday goes, it seems you think Kinect will repeat, or at least come close to repeating, its success from last year.  That is just not going to happen.  Kinect had a huge help from a large campaign and the fact that it was the new IT electronic device that the public, mostly Americans, ate up.  This holiday, it will have none of those things going for it.  Sure, they'll adverstise it, but nothing like that initial push.  And it definitely isn't new.  The 3DS will most likely take the crown of the new IT thing to buy the kiddies this year.  Thing only thing that will help push Kinect to be close to last year's success is a big price drop for it.  Somewhere around $80, plus a $50 cut for the 360 itself.