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Euphoria14 on 28 September 2010

Microsoft has claimed that Kinect's launch can be bigger than that of every console in history - including Xbox 360 itself.

According to Microsoft studios boss Phil Spencer, the peripheral - which arrives in November - will represent "the biggest console launch ever".

"We are investing in this like we've never invested in a platform launch," he told Edge in a new interview. "This is, for us, the biggest platform launch in the history of the industry.


"We'll have a huge launch portfolio, we want to sell more units than any console has ever sold in its first holiday, a new platform. Our retail partners are telling us, based on the consumer demand, "this is going to be the number one consumer electronics purchase this holiday. Not just in the games space, all of them.

"In North America 7,000 retailers are doing midnight events when we ship and our pre-order momentum looks huge. So this, for us, is bigger than Xbox launch, bigger than 360 launch - this is a big deal for us. How many units are we going to sell? We're completely goaled in investing as if this were the biggest console launch ever, and that's our expectation."
Kinect is due for launch on November 10 in the UK. Microsoft announced a handful of 'core' games for the device at TGS.

When asked about Microsoft's prediction that Kinect can sell three million units in Q4, Spencer told Edge:

"You forecast, you hope, you do your best, right? You ship something. I know my manager, Don Mattrick, was quoted saying a holiday target of over 3 million.

"I think about it in a bigger way than that. Not that Don's wrong; that's the number that he stated, but a lot has to happen in order for us to have success. Our content partners have to ship great games, our retail partners have to be there with us, our marketing has to be there in a very impactful way."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=267017

 

Will Kinect live up to it's sky high expectations and hype?



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Carl on 28 September 2010

Before I think about mocking this...

I would like to know how many units the PS2 sold in it's opening Holiday season WW. Same goes for 360, Wii and PS3 too please

Edit: And the Nintendo DSi



                            

Mr Puggsly on 28 September 2010

Well if it sells 3 million, it will have surpassed the launch sales of every console this gen. DS and PSP included.

However, there weren't enough Wii consoles to meet the demand at launch.



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daroamer on 28 September 2010

He certainly sounds confident.



zgamer5 on 28 September 2010

a peripheral selling on a console with a userbase of 42 million outselling the launch of every single console. im not that surprised, especially with the amount of hype their is.



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Mr Puggsly on 28 September 2010
zgamer5 said:

a peripheral selling on a console with a userbase of 42 million outselling the launch of every single console. im not that surprised, especially with the amount of hype their is.

Pffft... 42 million? That's so... a couple weeks ago.

User base aside, its an innovative device people are excited about. I predict it'll give a nice boost to console sales as well.



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BHR-3 on 28 September 2010

Microsoft has claimed that Kinect's launch can be bigger

what else do you want MS to say?

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zgamer5 on 28 September 2010
Mr Puggsly said:
zgamer5 said:

a peripheral selling on a console with a userbase of 42 million outselling the launch of every single console. im not that surprised, especially with the amount of hype their is.

Pffft... 42 million? That's so... a couple weeks ago.

User base aside, its an innovative device people are excited about. I predict it'll give a nice boost to console sales as well.


even though i dont agree on that part  it will give a nice boost and sell a lot. its one of the biggest marketing pushes i ever saw, natal had so much hype that even my friends who buy fifa once a year heard about it.

 



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KillerMan on 28 September 2010

It is pretty much impossible to compare it to console launches because aside from Wii and X360 every system have launched completely different time in Japan, America and Europe. PS2, PS3 and Wii also suffered from short supply.



Mr Puggsly on 28 September 2010
zgamer5 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
zgamer5 said:

a peripheral selling on a console with a userbase of 42 million outselling the launch of every single console. im not that surprised, especially with the amount of hype their is.

Pffft... 42 million? That's so... a couple weeks ago.

User base aside, its an innovative device people are excited about. I predict it'll give a nice boost to console sales as well.


even though i dont agree on that part  it will give a nice boost and sell a lot. its one of the biggest marketing pushes i ever saw, natal had so much hype that even my friends who buy fifa once a year heard about it.

 

They heard about it because its a unique device that has people talking.

Much like the Wii, it wasn't all marketing. It genuinely intrigued the masses.



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