2012 - Awful for Xbox 360 Sales / 2nd Lowest 6 Months Since Launch

[Euphoria14]

Sal.Paradise said:

Euphoria14 said:

Have to chime in just to say, considering I live 45 minutes from where it happened, is anyone really going to sit here and say that it was all just due to the market that 360 sales increased and not the 360 and Kinect all over my US TV stations on Ellen, Oprah, Home Shopping Network, etc... and that ridiculous display that shut down all of Times Square so they could have 150+ dancers on a gigantic stage for the launch?

I would say that made a big difference and wasn't just the market.

I could tell you that after that I had plenty of people at work talking about Kinect.

 

Yup, the market made it jump and not all of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZETjUvuGug

 

-Won't let me embed...

Generally, half a billion dollars in marketing does help a product sell. If only Kinect had sustained great software releases after its launch, I feel the 360s numbers would be quite different and anticipation for the 720 with Kinect 2.0 would also be different. I'm very interested to see what Kinect will do this holiday, compared to its previous numbers. 

Yes, I agree that it does indeed increase sales, but that is my point.

Some are trying to say that PS3 having sustained sales increase wasn't just due to the Slim and price cut, but also the market because the 360 also experienced increases from 2010 on. 2010 is the year of Kinect, so that whole idea of it being just the market is bogus.

PS3 saw sustained lift from Slim and finally dropping below $400. 360 saw an increase due to high cost aggressive advertising on a new product launch that ended up catching on.