Generally there are not too many games that push high numbers of consoles. I mean 2008 was the 360's strongest year and it really only had Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Rock Band 2, and Dead Space.

So 6 console pushers among many other great titles.

2010 has Halo: Reach, Rock Band 3, Fable 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Medal of Honor, Dead Rising 2, and about 20 Kinect exclusive titles (15 come out on launch). Actually comparing the games, 2x Fallout, 2x Fable, 2x Rock Band, Halo to Gears, LEft 2 Dead to Dead Rising 2, and Dead Space to Medal of Honour, the 2008 and 2010 lineup seem really similar. So adding Kinect to that is more then likely to ensure the 360's peak year.

I don't think Kinect is competing with a lack-luster lineup. FIFA and Guitar Hero may be periodic, but the rest of the games I named are solid.

That actually ocurred to me.

MS has already spent a small fortune marketing Kinect and are essentially weighing heavily on it being a major part of the Xbox's future.

It also dawned on me that some of the compromises that were made to keep production costs of the unit down, were basically offset by the marketing and promotional costs for Kinect which factors into that $150 price tag.

It'll be interesting to see how many of those 3 million sell to existing users and how many new users they bring in. The more new users they bring in, the more Nintendo will be worried. If it sells mostly to the existing base, I doubt Nintendo will be particularly concerned.

They even plan to outsell iPad

Micrsoft's Kudo Tsunoda believes that Kinect will 'blow away' sales of the iPad when it launches later this year.

"The preorders have been really strong. As far as what we're looking at for Holiday, this is going to be stuff that'll blow away any of the sales you've seen with iPad," Tsunoda told Gamasutra. "The Xbox 360 is already selling better than the Wii and Sony right now. Kinect's really just going to boost that to a whole new level."

Apple's iPad has enjoyed phenomenal success since its launch on April 2, shifting some three million units in just 80 days.

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg is also expecting similar levels of success, saying recently "We believe this will be the biggest launch in our history, for Xbox. We will sell more Kinect sensors than we did [systems] at Xbox 360 launch."

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/112/1121570p1.html

Classy PR there

They  wish...

Kudo Tsunoda fits right in at Microsoft apparently.  LMAO, let's set expectations so high that it will be a failure no matter how much it sells.

I just think that the other two consoles have better line-ups. They're great and all, but can it compete with, say a new Kirby, Donkey Kong AND Goldeneye game (among others) as well as the Wii? We'll see, but I believe that Microsoft are almost discounting the Wii (and, to an extent, Move), and expect it to ride out the wave of the Slim (which is old news now), AND Halo: Reach (which I doubt will have much of an impact overall)

I'm just not expecting great things for the price...

Well ya know what the 360 lineup can compete with the likes of Kirby, Donkey Kong and Goldeneye.

Best sales for Kirby on a console was 1.77M so really what does it represent. Another Nintendo franchise that Nintendo faithful (already have Wii's)  hype and not many other people buy.  Donkey Kong which 16 years ago sold 8 million copies. Which means people that dont have Wii's have been waiting for this game and no other game on the Wii. Finally Goldeneye,honestly do you really believe that Goldeneye will be a better FPS than Reach  COD:Black Ops.  Nope it may give Wii fans a FP, but that is about all.

Wait are you saying the 360 has been perceived as a failure?

I don't think so, Microsoft. They are way too overconfident about Kinect (typical Microsoft way to overhype things. Oh the Micrsoft Tablet).