Walmart.com:
Kinect game(s) + hw bundles sold out
Kinect + X360 + game - not sold out
Amazon.com
Kinect game(s) + hw bundles sold out
Kinect + X360 + game - not sold out
Target.com
Kinect game(s) + bundles sold out
Kinect + X360 + game bundles - SOLD OUT
Best Buy.com
Kinect + game bundle sold out
Kinect + X360 + game bundles - not sold out
Toys R US.com
Kinect + game bundle - sold out
Kinect + X360 + game bundles - not sold out
Game Stop.com
Kinect + game bundle - NOT sold out
Kinect + X360 + game bundles - not sold out
Essentially, the bundles for people without X360 are in stock everywhere but Target, while the Kinect hw + game bundles for existing X360 bundles are sold out everywhere but Game Stop. This sort of reflects my concern for Kinect this Christmas - the initial buyers will be the existing X360 audience primarily. The console bundles are certainly selling well if you look at the top-selling retailer products on their websites, but it doesn't seem like the demand is ahead of expectations in the way that the Kinect + Game bundle demand is from the X360 audience. For Kinect to be a huge hardware pusher, it'd be easier the other way around - the sales to the base strong but not sellouts and the sales to everyone else above supply levels on strong word of mouth or something.
What have you all heard anecdotally? Once COD week slows a bit I'm probably going to go over to some retailers and ask for some opinions on Kinect sales.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu









