Why is Microsoft hanging on to kinect so much?

[darkknightkryta]

bananaking21 said:

darkknightkryta said:
I recall reading a rumour that Microsoft (Don Mattrick) made all these deals with hardware companies for Kinect. Microsoft has to order X amount of them or pay the consequences. The consequences would be more costly than just losing marketshare apparently.

that would be beyond stupid. 

got a source for that? 

It was a rumour.  I recall reading it here somewhere.