KINECT is NOT selling because of $500 Million Ad Budget

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TruckOSaurus on 05 January 2011

Wagram said:

My favorite game this gen is a fucking Xbox game. I'm looking forward to many things Xbox next year. I'm just not looking forward to garbage.

You could just say Kinect games are not your thing. Why do you have to say it's garbage exactly?

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JGarret on 05 January 2011

I just hope those of us who don´t care about Kinect aren´t forgotten by MS this year.

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Wagram on 05 January 2011

TruckOSaurus said:

Wagram said:

My favorite game this gen is a fucking Xbox game. I'm looking forward to many things Xbox next year. I'm just not looking forward to garbage.

You could just say Kinect games are not your thing. Why do you have to say it's garbage exactly?

I'm just blunt. They're just games we got before. Just like the shitty PS Move games we got.

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thx1139 on 05 January 2011

I have to agree. Everyone that has been over to my house that has tried Kinect has loved it. It is the only electronic device that my wife has ever said "We need to invite the XXXX's over to play Kinect.".

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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sethnintendo on 05 January 2011

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KINECT is selling because people love it. Yes, the budget may have brought people into stores to ask about KINECT, but the AMAZINGLY POSITIVE word of mouth is what will sell kinect for decades to come.

Decades to come? WTF? Maybe you should have used years to come if anything. There is zero chance that it will still be sold (new) for decades...

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Metallicube on 05 January 2011

Oh look, a thread gloating about Kinect sales, how original.

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Metallicube on 05 January 2011

sethnintendo said:

PizzaFaceGamer said:

KINECT is selling because people love it. Yes, the budget may have brought people into stores to ask about KINECT, but the AMAZINGLY POSITIVE word of mouth is what will sell kinect for decades to come.

Decades to come? WTF? Maybe you should have used years to come if anything. There is zero chance that it will still be sold (new) for decades...

This Pizzafacegamer is a viral marketter, I'm pretty sure. No one is this obsessive, about ANY product. Let alone one with a bunch of shovelware and 3 good games.

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Trentonater on 05 January 2011

SURE. Remember the Wii?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Biofy1meIfE562y8VMnww

BUG LONDON.

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mike_intellivision on 05 January 2011

The ad campaign increases awareness -- as does experience in playing the unit.

The first sales have to be attributed to the ads (the vast majority of them) and other PR (magazine articles, TV shows, etc.).

The longer you are out from the start, the more likely word of mouth and personal experience are to explain the sales.

The proof will be to see how Kinect units are selling in May and August.

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