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Berstuck on 31 July 2010

Wow those numbers would be pretty impressive if ture. Still got my doubts about it though. Hope i'm proved wrong.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 31 July 2010
zgamer5 said:

i really wonder about the software sales for the 360 this holiday, all current owners are buying the new 360 s, and if kinect pre orders are true then its again current 360 owners(new owners would pre order the bundle) we might see kinect adventures tracking right under halo reach.

looks like all cod/gears/halo fans got touched by kinectimals, never underestimate the power of a fierce creature when turned into a cute stuffed animal.


Ouch! It looks like being zombified could be better!   



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zgamer5 on 31 July 2010
Alby_da_Wolf said:
zgamer5 said:

i really wonder about the software sales for the 360 this holiday, all current owners are buying the new 360 s, and if kinect pre orders are true then its again current 360 owners(new owners would pre order the bundle) we might see kinect adventures tracking right under halo reach.

looks like all cod/gears/halo fans got touched by kinectimals, never underestimate the power of a fierce creature when turned into a cute stuffed animal.


Ouch! It looks like being zombified could be better!   

indeed, so many titles are coming this holiday that i have no idea if i'l be able to afford a new laptop to play starcraf 2. 

are all 360 owners rich? 450$ on hardware in one year is a lot, and if it's not then i really wonder why the huge price of the ps3 was a problem.



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Serious_frusting on 31 July 2010

You will see that Kinect will have no legs whats so ever. When people realise it doesnt work as good as advertised. A bit likt GTA IV. But even worse.

Thats if M$ dont fix all the tech issues



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Alby_da_Wolf on 31 July 2010

^^

What I don't understand, is why Kinect flaws and issues just got worse in the last days. Wasn't MS supposed to try to iron them out? Did it perchance make a bugged firmware or driver update? It wouldn't be the first time a MS update makes things worse...



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steverhcp02 on 31 July 2010
kowenicki said:
darthdevidem01 said:

MCV huh, remember this

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37765/Xboxs-FFXIII-to-outsell-PS3-version

Well thats the kind of "SOURCES" MCV trusts in

lol

what did FFXIII sell in the UK on 360 and PS3?


http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37995/PS3-claims-54-of-FFXIII-sales




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steverhcp02 on 31 July 2010
kowenicki said:
steverhcp02 said:
kowenicki said:
darthdevidem01 said:

MCV huh, remember this

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37765/Xboxs-FFXIII-to-outsell-PS3-version

Well thats the kind of "SOURCES" MCV trusts in

lol

what did FFXIII sell in the UK on 360 and PS3?


http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37995/PS3-claims-54-of-FFXIII-sales


close then.


Very, but nowhere near what they "deduced" from their "analysis"

Not naming Sources is fine when theres a track record, imo because if i trust the site/person claiming things then i dont need to know where they get their info.....but MCV doesnt have that luxery of a proven rack record.




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Kantor on 31 July 2010
selnor said:
Kantor said:

Well, I live in the UK. I know MCV is a DVD and video game chain. That doesn't make them a reliable source, especially when their sources are nameless and refuse to provide concrete numbers. If you look at it, it's quite a well written article, because in a good six paragraphs, it gives a sense of positivity regarding Kinect without actually saying anything.

I'm not saying Kinect won't sell huge numbers. I'm saying that this isn't evidence that it will.

Apart from always showing themselves to be reliable? But because they paint a rosey pic for Kinect they are all of a sudden 'not' reliable. 

MCV = understandably reliable, and there is no reason to not trust them.

They could say Kinect only had ten pre-orders and was going to fail miserably and bankrupt Microsoft. This still wouldn't be a reliable source of information.

Or to put it another way, just because a "reliable source" posts it, doesn't make it true. If you trusted somebody, and they told you to jump off a cliff because there was a trampoline and chocolate at the bottom, would you?



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Pipedream24 on 01 August 2010

Kinect is going to sell extremely well for one of the same reasons as the 360 S....many people want new hardware.  It's going on five years since the launch of the 360 and there are a lot of gamers looking to purchase something new.  With this console cycle showing no ending anytime soon, people will purchase because it's something different to mess around with, even if it turns out to be mediocre.

I also think Kinect is going to break in to the mainstream cosnumer this holiday as well.  Marketing and word of mouth  hype can go an awfully long way in making a product a must have holiday gift.

 



the_lonely_gamer_123 on 01 August 2010
Pipedream24 said:

Kinect is going to sell extremely well for one of the same reasons as the 360 S....many people want new hardware.  It's going on five years since the launch of the 360 and there are a lot of gamers looking to purchase something new.  With this console cycle showing no ending anytime soon, people will purchase because it's something different to mess around with, even if it turns out to be mediocre.

I also think Kinect is going to break in to the mainstream cosnumer this holiday as well.  Marketing and word of mouth  hype can go an awfully long way in making a product a must have holiday gift.

 

If Microsoft can advertise Kinect as the next 360, as new tech (which they have been), the wannabee tech junkies will buy them ASAP. 



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