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I think Kinect can give Xbox 360 a moderate boost to around 10k (or hell, with any luck even more). But above the competition, we'll have to wait and see.

One thing's for certain though, the Kinect TGS titles look awesome, and I hope all of them come to the West.



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kowenicki said:
neerdowell said:
kowenicki said:
neerdowell said:

Not really sure if there is an easy way to embed an article and this has way too many pics to bother doing so separately. As usual with this site, NSFW.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/20/kinect-so-good-microsoft-has-to-pay-people-to-buy-it/

And it would appear that the win goes to hatmoza!

that is one sad website...

I'm not sure how to take that. Are you implying that the site isn't credible or are you just remarking at their usual choice of content?

I'm sure the story is credible... I am also sure that the site has questionnable adverts and anyone visiting has questionnable tastes...

By the way... how has iphone and the ipad done in Japan?  just saying, because this guy was "paid" to be at those launches too, so I guess they were expected to bomb and have had no sales too?

Apple products in Japan = Sucess.



http://n4g.com/news/650477/kinect-so-good-microsoft-has-to-pay-people-to-buy-it/pen

That line of people is obviously paid by MS.



kowenicki said:
neerdowell said:
kowenicki said:
neerdowell said:

Not really sure if there is an easy way to embed an article and this has way too many pics to bother doing so separately. As usual with this site, NSFW.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/20/kinect-so-good-microsoft-has-to-pay-people-to-buy-it/

And it would appear that the win goes to hatmoza!

that is one sad website...

I'm not sure how to take that. Are you implying that the site isn't credible or are you just remarking at their usual choice of content?

I'm sure the story is credible... I am also sure that the site has questionnable adverts and anyone visiting has questionnable tastes...

By the way... how has iphone and the ipad done in Japan?  just saying, because this guy was "paid" to be at those launches too, so I guess they were expected to bomb and have had no sales too?

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-23/apple-iphone-captures-72-of-japan-smartphone-market-update3-.html

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/10/first-sales-survey-indicates-ipad-is-big-hit-in-japan/

It would appear that they've both met with quite a bit of success, though with the ipad the evidence is somewhat anecdotal as it doesn't give any hard numbers and it compares it with the notebook market (I don't really feel the ipad should count as a notebook...).

So there's a chance that Kinect could be experiencing geniune success despite what their marketing attempts might imply. It seems the use of viral marketing by Microsoft is a general approach and says nothing about how well they feel their product will fare; on the other hand, events that have been shown to employ such tactics can also not be used as a solid indicator of success.



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Idree said:

http://n4g.com/news/650477/kinect-so-good-microsoft-has-to-pay-people-to-buy-it/pen

That line of people is obviously paid by MS.

Yes like all Kinects sold were paid by MS in U.S and give for free... haha



I refuse to believe this....



Seece said:
Silver-Tiger said:

Let's wait for the sales results and then we can talk again.

If it does indeed sells well, good for MS.

If it fails there, Xbox is dead in Japan.


Xbox has been dead there for years, it's a zombie!


Xbox ever alive in japan?



Mislabeled pictures, this is obviously the pre-order line for Metal Gear Rising. Just look at the Konami interest!



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That confirms it.

Japan is Kinect!



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