Microsoft has sold over 1 million Kinect units so far

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Is Kinect worthy of all the hype? That question was on everyone’s minds ahead of the hotly anticipated device’s launch earlier this month. As they say, money talks — and Kinect is speaking loud and clear. Microsoft said Monday that it has sold over 1 million Kinect units thus far. Microsoft Kinect, which launched less than two weeks ago on November 4th, is an Xbox 360 accessory that allows players to control games simply by moving their bodies. Microsoft said ahead of launch that it expects to sell 5 million Kinect units by the end of the year and with the holiday shopping rush still to come, the company is certainly on the right track. “It’s a strong start,” Microsoft’s head of gaming Don Mattrick told Reuters. “Consumers are loving it.”

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19 Comments
  • http://www.facebook.com/thatginzo Dante Giugliano

    wait, isnt this like the eyetoy from like 5 years ago?

    • dex

      you really should at least try it before making this kind of comment.

    • http://www.adammiarka.com Adam Miarka

      No, the eyetoy is exactly that…a toy. This is different. :-)

      • Anonymous

        Yeah, just look at the vast variety of games for the Kinect.

        There’s the dancing game, the half-ass sports game, another half-ass sports game, punching at balls with your hands, punching at balloons with your hands.

        Do they even have fitness games? Be still my beating heart!

    • FanBoyCawkRawk

      Wait, isn’t that like the Sony fanboy flame from 5 weeks ago?

    • http://www.facebook.com/thatginzo Dante Giugliano

      to be honest, I’m actually a nintendo fanboy. its just that when something “new” comes out thats been slightly touched upon years ago it angers me.

  • http://twitter.com/chrispgriffin Chris Griffin

    And that’s with a “meh” line of games. After seeing what hackers have done with the open source code, we now see what potential Kinect really has.

  • http://www.buymytronics.com XtopherSkidoo

    Can I get her number?

  • Anonymous

    If only they had put as much effort behind Windows Phone 7… Too bad….

    • Dha1029

      Windows phone 7 is pretty great for 1.0 software. And its going to get an update in Jan. Microsoft is doing a great job with this product, their effort shows.

  • yo

    let’s see how fast microsoft or hackers for that matter hack into the xbox and sees how things are around peoples houses when they don’t know

  • Anonymous

    I’d buy too, even though I don’t own an XBOX, if that woman comes with it!

    • numetheus

      That’s just gross. You don’t even know what her face looks like! LOL I’m going to laugh if she looks like a skinny Kirby.

  • http://rmbo47.myopenid.com/ rmbo47

    Wow! That’s a lot of personal info collected! Spammers/Telemarketers are cheering.

    • FanBoyCawkRawk

      Do you even know what an Xbox is? Dumbest statement on the internet this week.

  • http://twitter.com/IAMThablackguy Jon Banks

    How many ps move’s have sold ?

  • Anonymous

    Good moves from the model.

  • Anonymous

    150 dollars is still too much. Make it cheaper.

  • Keymaker

    There’s a lot of these things being giving away so i really don’t think they’re flying of the shelves. It’s like everywhere you go everyone has a Win a Kinnect thing going on.

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