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Forums - Sales - It seems like Kinect is taking a early lead over Move (Preorders)

ImJustBayuum on 22 June 2010
Metallicube said:

Kinect will sell better than Move, even if Move has the better games (which looks to be the case). The reason is because the Move lacks the "new" factor that the Wii has, and because of that, it will not sell much beyond Sony's core fanbase. Why would new users, particularly the more casual audience, pick up a $300 PS3 and another $100 for Move when they can get a Wii that's ready to go with 2 games for half the price?

Kinect as least has that sort of novelty factor to it that will bring in some strong early sales. However, judging by the game quality, I expect sales to taper off pretty quick, at least until Kinect starts getting some real quality games that are hits. I honestly think the new slim 360 model will push sales far more than Kinect.

I agree 100%....but I would also include the speculated $150 price for Kinect as this could very well be the deciding factor for Kinects success.



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DirtyP2002 on 22 June 2010
rossoner said:

And on all eu amazons Move,Move bundles lead on preorder charts. Natal s nowhere near.

Ur point?



Damage control anyone?

Checked

Germany
UK
France

and 2 of 3 don't even have both for preorder available right now. And I doubt that UK will be the area where Move will outsell kinect.



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placidcasual on 22 June 2010

Absolutely ridiculous to base anything on Amazon.com.



snfr on 22 June 2010
ImJustBayuum said:
snfr said:

You have to consider a few things here.

1. Most people who preorder it now are core gamers. Casuals don't even know about Kinect yet.

2. In America the userbase of the 360 is much bigger than the one of the PS3.

3. There aren't any console bundles available right now.

Especially number 1 and 2 combined are the reason for that. But don't get me wrong, I still think that Kinect will have more success and will lead to higher X360 sales in the end (except for Japan, Xbox360 is already almost dead there and it can't be revived by anything).

(1) =  I dont think core gamers care much about Kinect. And Kinect did get quiet alot of exposure during E3 through the Media and especially by microsoft. So alot more people (including casuals) knows about Kinect that we may think.

x360 is dead in Japan ever since it was released there..lol

You're partly right. But I think that there are a lot of core gamers who are excited about the technology and want to play some "funny" games with friends or their family. The way I see it: I think about 60-80% of the casuals who will buy Kinect in november don't even know about it right now. Or has advertising in America already started for Kinect? I don't really know. But I could be totally wrong about all that.

In Europe you can preorder Kinect at some shops at least, but there is no price set at the moment, so that there aren't many preorders isn't really a surprise.

I also have to add one thing: Kinect has been available for preorder for 10 days now, preorders could go down very quickly (of course only till their big advertising campaign starts).



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binary solo on 22 June 2010

The Navigation Controller is the highest pre-ordered Move item? What are those poor saps who by the Nav, but not the rest of Move gonna do once their Nav arrives?



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welshbloke on 22 June 2010
rossoner said:

And on all eu amazons Move,Move bundles lead on preorder charts. Natal s nowhere near.

Ur point?


Point one it is Kinect and point two it is not on pre order so hence it is nowhere to be seen.



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BoneArk on 22 June 2010

Kinect>PS Move in America

PS Move>Kinect in Europe and Japan



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

oldschoolfool on 22 June 2010
ImJustBayuum said:

Its bit early but just for pure speculation, according to Amazon.com, the general public seems to prefer the Kinect over the Move..

"Microsoft's Kinect is currently ranked at #2, with the Xbox 360 Slim right behind it. Move products are found around the half-point, with the PlayStation Move Navigation Controller at #46, the Move Starter Bundle at #49, and the Move Controller at #55. This puts all the Move's products behind the Wii Remote and a Wii Remote MotionPlus Bundle, which are ranked at #32 and #45, respectively"

-Signs of things to come OR simply more people know about Kinect????

-Signs that Kinect will be more frontloaded than Move????

-Perhaps the motion control market (casuals) see MOVE as more of a wii-mote knockoff thats been available for 5years?????

 

So,Amazon is a reflection of the general public. sigh



poroporo on 22 June 2010

I can't preorder in Canada, interestingly enough Amazon.ca has Kinect listed, but not Move (or at least I couldn't find it).

Gamestop.ca has the move controller only listed, but since I want the 99$ bundle I'll have to wait. Plus they put their ship date at 1/11/2010. Wtf :/



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