I'm calling bullshit on this post.  Where has Microsoft stated that they want to turn anyone into a casual gamer?  Maybe you could point out some articles or links where they stated this please?

On topic:

I agree that you can't go by online sales to point out how well something is selling to a certain degree.  However with the simple fact that MS has upped their goals and so many sites are sold out should go to show you that indeed it is selling well.  I don't see how anyone in their right mind would disagree.  Well other than being a fanboy and living in denial that is....

If you look on E-bay and Amazon you see tons of Kinect sensors for sale for a marked up price. Some pics on E-bay shows stacks of Kinect sensors which makes me wonder just how many are buying up Kinects just to sell them for marked up prices to make the shortage bigger than it really is.  I'm not saying that Kinect isn't selling but there seems to be more and more people buying up hot items just to resell them online.

 How many are holding on to their Kniects waiting for the price to skyrocket. For once I wish they would get burned. Until the Kinect bundles start  to run out there is a limit of how high the stand alone can go. I would personal buy the bundle and get a second 360 for $300 than a stand alone for $200.

just posting to see where this thread goes, hope Kinect does well.

I've adoped a "wait and see" attitude with Kinect.

I'm gonna wait and see how it works with FPS.

Target are out of  Kinect bundles and Kinect sensor http://www.target.com/Xbox-360-Video-Games/b/ref=nav_t_spc_12_7?ie=UTF8&node=16067681

GameStop are out of Kinect sensors http://www.gamestop.com/browse/ProductMerch.aspx?groupid=909&loc=homemerch4img

Not only will both kinect and kinect software sell great but they will also give a very big boost to the xbox360 hardware sales .

Zavvi:

"XBOX Kinect Adventures taken off site due to massive demand" - "XBOX 360 4GB Memory Kinect Adventures = SOLD OUT".

Amazon UK:

"Unavailable = SOLD OUT" - Market Sellers claim to be offering pre-orders - DON'T TRUST.

Comet:

"Online Orders Suspended" - Store Pickup Option = No Stock

Play UK:

"Out of Stock - Unavailable for Pre-Order".

CoolShop:

"IN STOCK" - But £145 - Limited Stock.

SimplyGames:

"Not taking any more orders – OUT OF STOCK"

ShopTo:

"Out of Stock - No more Orders"

Woolworths:

OUT OF STOCK - "Next Delivery by 08/12/2010"

HMV:

"We have currently sold our initial stock allocation. Kinect will be available to order again once further stock is confirmed."

well Amazon.com out of stock,again

is kinect regeion locked in any way knowing microsoft it probably is

Amazon.com has 4GB bundles and 250GB bundles currently in stock.

It's ocurred to me that there is probably a fair amount of "speculation" going on with independent vendors and individuals trying to cash in on the MS generated marketing hype.

The initial shipment numbers on the standalone sensors seem to be a bit low, which only helps hardware flippers.

The GS I visited in the downtown metro area of San Francisco had 30-40 pre-orders, many of which bought more than one on pick up. Why bother unless you were planning on selling one or giving it away; you only need one.

The game sales guys at Fry's in San Jose (huge electronics outlet) said they only received 12 standalone units in their initial shipment. They had the 4GB bundle in stock as of yesterday.

I'm seeing Kinect bundles everywhere, both online and at retail, which leads me to believe that MS simply didn't ship enough standalone units in the initial shipment.

But I'll just do what any level-headed person would do and wait for next week's numbers on both Kinect game sales and the inevitable hardware bump.

It will be a simple matter of subtracting the weekly hardware increase from the overall number of Kinect Adventures units sold to estimate how many standalone sensors were available (and sold) through retail.