Microsoft Kinect: Why it failed to do what it was supposed to do even though it was successful

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S.T.A.G.E. said:
The Kinect was a media darling but a concrete failure on pushing gaming. To anyone who denies the Kinect cut into the casual attention span they did, how much is truly the question. Microsoft had everybody in the American media under their thumb in 2010. 2011 the Wii's sales dropped drastically, especially in America. Its obvioius their focus changed because Americas purchasing habits on a casual end are media driven. Microsoft has shown the world that top notch marketing trumps being able to back up your cause.

It pushed gaming.....in the casual space. That may not benefit people like us, but hey when you get popular you expand into different audiences.

I get the feeling your trying to say how marketing has saved the Xbox brand, or at least kinect from being ignored by the public. Marketing can only do so much, the products have to deliever to keep those sales trends going long term. And they have, for both 360 and Kinect.