Kinect sold out at GAME

By Fred Dutton Published 12 October, 2010

And Amazon stops taking pre-orders.

High street games retailer GAME has sold out of its initial allotment of Kinect units, weeks before Microsoft's new system has even launched.

A message on its website reads "We've hit our limit for launch but you can still pre-order for a priority place in the queue. As soon as we have more stock in, we will make sure we get your order to you."

Amazon has stopped taking pre-orders, but it is still available at HMV.co.uk and Play, although the latter comes with a caveat that any orders may not ship on launch day.

Last month, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg predicted that Kinect would sell more than three million units before the end of 2010. Looks like it's well on its way.

Kinect launches on 10th November, priced around £129.99.

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  • jack24 #1 2 years ago

    Meh

    -6 for saying 'meh'?

    How about kinect will be complete bobbins?


    I'm sorry, it'll be a wholly accurate and and intuitive pieice of kit for sure.
    Edited by jack24 at 13/10/10 @ 17:58

  • layleeloo #2 2 years ago

    How when Microsoft havnt confirmed numbers to major suppliers yet?

  • excelexcel #3 2 years ago

    People can shit on Kinect all they want, I have no interest in it, but it will sell well.

  • Phantom_Dynamite #4 2 years ago

    Im not to bothered about Kinect my Mrs is thinking about getting it, either way im not going to hype it or bash it, the only thing that worries me as it seems like MS will focus on it too much and forget about what we all want good non-motion controlled games.

  • SalarymanDaishi #5 2 years ago

    @layleeloo: Good old marketing? Also, there's 43 million 360s out there so three million Kinects by the end of the year sounds quite realistic.

  • drumbaby #6 2 years ago

    "It will sell well until word of mouth gets around."

    Well to be fair that never stopped the sales of the Wii.

  • des #7 2 years ago

    hehehehe

  • deez #8 2 years ago

    BLatantly understocking to create the impression of high demand.

  • NHDavid #9 2 years ago

    It is not a bluff. Here are the three steps of Kinect.

    When you hear about Kinect. You want to check it out.

    When you see others playing Kinect. You want to get it.

    When you play Kinect (at the shows or at a friend/relative or after buying). You are hooked.

    This is a Kinect Christmas.

  • Pirotic #10 2 years ago

    Don't worry, another 10 Kinects will come along soon.

  • Bautista-787 #11 2 years ago

    Thinking about picking 1 up when it gets reduced in the new year, where there's a game I deem worthy, kinectimals isn't really for me.

  • man.the.king #12 2 years ago

    A triumph of Marketing!

  • udders #13 2 years ago

    Ppl rave about the wii and xbox bring out kinect and ppl slate it. Basically it's better than the wii and high def too. When steel battalion and other top games come out for it, everyone will want kinect. Especially these achievement buffs

  • Jlmadyson #14 2 years ago

    Haha can't wait for the crying and gnashing of teeth over this one.

  • Ryze #15 2 years ago

    Let's see how things are when the sales numbers come in. I'm v. interested in this story!

  • Psychotext #16 2 years ago

    "How when Microsoft havnt confirmed numbers to major suppliers yet?"

    Might it possibly be that they confirmed the numbers today, unlikely to be a co-incidence that so many changed their sites in the space of a day.

  • NotSoSlim #17 2 years ago

    Yet i bet you can pick one up on launch from Game but with 2 or 3 games bundled lol

  • Goodfella #18 2 years ago

    Yeah, I can just see it come launch day and Game employees saying yeah we've just got one left, to every customer.

  • StooMonster #19 2 years ago

    K, pre-ordered my kids' Kinect from Amazon a few days ago -- got to guarantee to be able to annoy the in-laws on Xmas day with bouncing, screaming kids, hogging the living room and tele all day -- pretty glad that I did now.

    Might have to order Wii Party as contingency plan.

  • dr_shambles #20 2 years ago

    How long 'til the first one red rings? Boxing Day?

  • Centrifugal #21 2 years ago

    And as this news spreads, Naysayers across the world are silenced. Kinect will actually be a success, financially at least.

  • Raznilof #22 2 years ago

    Why get so upset over Microsoft doing more than one thing? This season they released Halo: Reach which is a hardcore title (I love forge!). They will release Fable III which speaks to another kind of audience and the step after that is something for the real casual audience.

    Everyone gets something great (okay, I don't really know that yet do I, but I mean there's something there). All it is, is more options to play or ignore.

    But no, there is a perverse NEED for it to fail because that's somehow good for true gamers??? I'm not saying we need to be happy and dancing, love it "just because" or even buy it but the hate and anger...urgh.

    I am old enough to remember when gaming was for a minority only and I think it's as great now as it was back then. But people weren't as jaded as they seem to be now. Or is that a swoosh of nostalgia sucker-punching me?

    edit: some typos
    Edited by Raznilof at 12/10/10 @ 20:42

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #23 2 years ago

    I'll have to hurry and get my letter off to Santa...!

  • skullstorm #24 2 years ago

    "It's less gay looking than a group of people all waving a dildo shaped controller around in a room. "

    Instead the group of people just look like dildos.

  • monkfishjoe #25 2 years ago

    @NHdavid.

    I couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic?

    I was interested in Kinect until I tried it. Now I think I'll wait until developers have really got the hang of it.

  • ThePissartist #26 2 years ago

    21st century hula hoop?

  • jackdoe #27 2 years ago

    Hm. Is Microsoft going to pull an artificial shortage to raise demand? Perhaps. Or perhaps they are producing at full capacity and struggle to meet demand? Who really knows. The only thing that I know is that I don't want a Kinect. I don't have the room for it and none of the games appeal to me.

  • makeamazing #28 2 years ago

    As someone else said, i wonder if these things will be piled up high in the Game store on release date. Though, considering the USA buy any old crap, it may actually be because MS has to divert some stock from Europe to the USA instead (pretty common problem with tech)... Is the US release date the same time as the UK?

  • Sevens #29 2 years ago

    "High street games retailer GAME has sold out of its initial allotment of Kinect units, weeks before Microsoft's new system has even launched."

    Uh-huh.

    Of course Microsoft dished out huge initial allotments. After all, they wouldn't want to make people believe that there's only limited stock, because some consumers are likely to be impressed by such "overwhelming demand".

  • JediMasterMalik #30 2 years ago

    It was always gonna sell well. If you can call something a revolution and mock up some convincing fakeplay footage, shit sells.

    People don't give a shit about how good something actually is until after it's sat gathering dust for months.

  • Shikasama #31 2 years ago

    Ok, so the people who have been adamant that Kinect won't sell, faced with the evdience that ti will in fact sell very well, are now adamant that it will be shit.

    Wonder how many of you even bothered with the Tokyo Games Show.

    I'll be looking forward to all of you miserable fuckers having to eat your words over the next 12 months. Thats not a fanboy comment, thats someone who is sick to the back teeth of the utter bollocks that gets spouted by people on here who seem to think they a) speak for everyone and b) know more about the games/tech/industry than Microsoft.

  • Farzlepot #32 2 years ago

    I had no idea that so many of my Xbox compatriots wanted to jump about like a nutter in front of their TV.

    Yes, I'm a grouch. Detatchable joypads? You're having a laugh! These new fangled CD things will never catch on for gaming; they're too slow! What's this oversized nipple doing on my controller? An analogue stick? Ridiculous! Sony releasing a games console? Nintendo and Sega will eat it for breakfast! And what's with this extra dimension in my game all of a sudden?! Nonsense!

    Edit: I was throwing some irony out there, by the way.
    Edited by Farzlepot at 12/10/10 @ 22:29

  • TRUTH #33 2 years ago

    It's already going to downhill...I remember when 1st showed the excitement was overwhelming...now people and developers have seen it's faults not only with lag but room size, lighting, color, distance, obstacles, response time etc etc,not forgetting the price. I also do think that this is coming a bit late, also crap shovelware games with useless armwaving complicating and slowing down what can easily be done on a remote or controller with so much more accuracy and speed. Within 3yrs development and introduction of the next gen consoles will start to begin, killing any real AAA titles for Kinect (which are hardly any at moment) which MS will put more focus on the next gen 360 with the improved Kinect built in (the reason cheap shovelware software NOW is what Kinect will be getting for it's short lifespan). For now this is just a test bed for later and improved Kinect on the follow up to 360. Crap shovelware games with useless armwaving complicating and slowing down what can easily be done on a remote or controller - all with so much more control.

  • chrisola #34 2 years ago

    "Wonder how many of you even bothered with the Tokyo Games Show"

    What, you mean there are people here who DIDN'T visit Japan in order to attend this show? AND YOU PEOPLE CALL YOURSELVES GAMERS??
    Edited by chrisola at 12/10/10 @ 22:15

  • Sevens #35 2 years ago

    "Ok, so the people who have been adamant that Kinect won't sell, faced with the evdience that ti will in fact sell very well, are now adamant that it will be shit."


    Uh, what "evidence"? There's barely an indication. That aside, most people have been saying that it will be shit for a while. So what's your point here?

  • UsernamePending #36 2 years ago

    I pre-ordered mine last night - what luck!

    At least I'll be able to speak from experience if and when I slag it off. I suspect it'll end up being rather good though.

  • FutureDave #37 2 years ago

    @Shikasama

    Not sure who you're spitting words at, but I don't think anyone thought it wouldn't sell well. MS does know a few things, and good marketing is one of them. As for people saying it's shit, well it is for many things. It's a control system that completely removes tactile feedback, accuracy, and response times for numerous commands, and this is no good thing. Sure, the dance games and jumping around games that require full body motions are super fun - I tried them out out EG Expo - but it really is poor for many other applications.

    Personally I see it as an addition to gaming, and I welcome it. Hailing it as the next Wii is ridiculous.



  • radioactive_bumfluff #38 2 years ago

    Sold out?! Really?! Is there even anything good come out on it at launch? As with Playstation's Move, I can't see this Kinect thing being any good! It's a no go for me....

  • makeamazing #39 2 years ago

    Ive been quite open to the fact that ive been disliking it from day 1, because the E3 2009 show was an absolute joke, PR over did it and i mean over did it...(i dont mean the level of our game is going to be the best, i mean they film professional videos and played them off as being this is what the product can and will do)... they have slowly tried to back down from totally going overboard. There were some people who were waffling on about Minority report movement, finger and eye recognition and they were just suckered in by the hype... and that just made it worse for me, i admit. Because it didnt matter how you told them, they just wouldnt believe it.

    Do i think it will sell lots, before Xmas, yes no doubt. Do i think the idea is good... yes... do i think the implementation is good... no. We are at least another 10 years (at least) before we have good voice recognition, the HD consoles/cameras/performance needs another step up. I applaud MS for investing in this tech, because it takes investment to push technology.

    Will some people love it, yes sure... will the games be pretty much shovelware... yes (please dont expect hardcore games on this platform). Will people be bored of playing games that involve being energetic... yes (even playing table tennis in sport champions or wii tennis can be tiring, this is worse)... will fitness and dance games be big on this platform, yes.

    So @Shikasama, i dont know better than MS, but i do know the basics. MS is not aiming this at the hardcore (even though some will of course buy it), they want part of the Wii business... (I dont have a problem with that)... the more consoles they can sell this generation, the more chance they can be No1 console next generation. Its all about the future sales... they want the Wii market, and why shouldn't they... but that doesn't mean I personally have to like the device and the software that is going to come out from it. I just dont think its going to be a good device in terms of what it can do for most games that i like to play.
    Edited by makeamazing at 12/10/10 @ 23:00

  • Loghorn #40 2 years ago

    Just give it a few weeks after this is released. They'll then realize what a big waste this thing is, & will be trying to get rid of those by either selling it back to their gamestore, or to try to sell it on such sites like Craigslist or Ebay.

    It certainly won't be long before that happens & this product certainly won't have long lasting appeal. I would rather spend my $150 (American money) on some more great games or to even put it towards a 3DS. Now that's something worth spending my hard earned money on!
    Edited by Loghorn at 12/10/10 @ 23:03

  • vizzini #41 2 years ago

    It is really weird, I recently talked to a non-fanboy gamer (in-law) about how good the Archery, Table Tennis, Disc golf and Bocce are in (Move) Sports Champions and how he should try it if he gets the chance. I was really stunned when his response was, “I'm not sure, I think Kinect will be really good”.

    Completely dumbfounded, I naturally asked, why? and his response was that he thought controller-less gaming would be really good. Moving the conversation up a few notches it transpired, that like me and developers; and of course Microsoft, he had no idea what types of core games that translated to. He was also under the misconception that it could track finger movements like minority report and instantly responded to movement (rather than delayed gesture recognition).

    On completing the conversion he seemed less enthusiastic about Kinect, but the main question I went away with, was how on earth had the marketing affected someone who is usually quite immune to such things?

    Having thought long and hard about it, I'm guessing that Microsoft must have viral marketed Kinect through social networks like Facebook and advertised, or bought good reviews in lad's magazines with half naked women on the opposite page to have influenced such a person.

    If they haven't used this type of marketing then I'm slightly baffled; because he thought it would be good but had no information to form an opinion either way until we discussed it.

  • mgillespie #42 2 years ago

    Here we go again. Nintendo Wii selling tactics. "It's so good, you can't find it anywhere", once you open the box and see the turd, it's too late.

  • EmiliasHorse #43 2 years ago

    I shall be buying one not for the wife or children but for me. I want one you see.

  • GrizzleBoy #44 2 years ago

    @Vizzini

    In terms of big launches, the info on kinect and anything past the party launch titles has been pretty hush hush.

    What have you seen apart from being able to look left or right with your head in Forza? (the mini game where you steer the car without the ability to manually accelerate/deccelerate hardly counts imo).

    If it werent for me being an avid gamer, I wouldn't have been keeping tabs on kinect.

    I wouldn't have realised that Microsoft dowgraded the "Natal" hardware to the point where I no longer cared about its abilities.

    If I had only seen that awe inspiring vid they showed at the unveiling of "Natal" two E3s ago, I'd be thinking "man......this thing looks like it could do some serious stuff!".

    Fortunately, I kept up on the development of the peripheral and realised that while it was definately revolutionary, it was also very limited, especially in terms of games that I'd want to actually use it to play.

    For a release that is being treated basically like a new console, I'm amazed at the lack of info and/ or hard advertising that a company like MS would and should be able to pull off.

    Well see how it goes once its released though. I have a feeling early adopters will be burned when "Kinect +" releases with the original specs it was supposed to have in the first place (like a "motion plus" kind of add on thing).

  • coolbritannia #45 2 years ago

    Yet again, the EG comments thread fails at being an indicator of a products popularity. Who knew?

  • Sid-Nice #46 2 years ago

    The gaming public aren't stupid, they can see that Kinect is the way forward for interactive games, both the Wii and PS3 Move use ridiculous wiggle gestations while Kinect is truly interactive via body movements.

    Personally I think the Wii-mote is excellent while the move controller looks hideous, especially the one with the purple ping pong ball on the top. I wasn’t going to bother with Kinect, but now it is in “Short supply” I want one.

  • smallvillefan #47 2 years ago

    It's bullshit, Microsoft have been telling Game they will only be providing stock to meet preorders as they "don't want Kinect to be available off the shelf" apparently. Pulling the old Ninty special to keep the hype train rolling it seems.

    All honesty though, I can't think of a single reason to want this thing, even if it didn't look like a load of wank, the fact that I saw/tried/tried to try it in action at EG's woeful "expo" and it didn't seem to function correctly at all doesn't bode well for a product a month from release. It's a load of shit basically.

  • coolbritannia #48 2 years ago

    I don't know whether to neg you for calling EG's expo woeful or for dissing Kinect. Ah fuck it it's cause you like Smallville, loser. :-)

  • darth_paul #49 2 years ago

    looks like the credit crunch is finally over, huh?!

  • Lusterpurge #50 2 years ago

    A month ago, I said that no one in their right mind would buy the Kinect. And it looks like I'm right - all these people are crazy.

  • natashaspice #51 2 years ago

    so let me see my christmas list COD-CHECK..GT5-CHECK..STAR WARS-CHECK..PES 2011-CHECK..NEW VEGAS-CHECK...KINECT- OUT OF STOCK.. GOOD!!!!!...WERENT GONNA BUY THE BLOODY THING ANYWAY...on a serious level i want it to fail.. if this is a success i can see sony following microsoft footsteps just to get the cash rolling and sooner are later all two consoles is the next wii...
    Edited by natashaspice at 13/10/10 @ 01:28

  • cool8man #52 2 years ago

    On Inside Xbox in the U.S. they just showed off the voice command functionality of Kinect and it looks really impressive. I think Kinect is something that everyone is going to want even if they don't use it for games.

    I've preordered Kinect and Kinect Sports and I'm planning to get a second Kinect for my bedroom along with a new console. To me this is just about the most exciting thing I've seen in the tech world in some time. The appeal is beyond just gaming. When you have a library of music, movies, tv shows, tv channels on your Xbox the ability to use Kinect to control all that media with just your voice or hands is pretty remarkable. Plus I never have to put on that dorky Xbox Live headset ever again.

    It seems a bit like missing the forest for the trees when I hear people complain about it not recognizing fingers or having some lag. What Kinect does even if it isn't perfect is still an amazing and novel achievement. As a full on replacement for a game controller obviously it is rubbish, but that isn't the purpose of the device. I also think there are a lot of closed minded gamers who refuse to accept that there are a ton of people in the world who want to play video games who don't because of the Xbox controller and dark content. Wii might be enough for some of these new gamers, but many will see Kinect as a significant advancement over Wii.
    Edited by cool8man at 13/10/10 @ 02:46

  • Dunk_13 #53 2 years ago

    @cool8man
    £130 so you can tell your xbox to play music and save a few button presses

  • man.the.king #54 2 years ago

    @cool8man

    Well good luck to you mate then. I genuinely hope you enjoy your purchase (especially as you are planning to spend money on two of these).

  • man.the.king #55 2 years ago

    @Emilia'sHorse

    "I shall be buying one not for the wife or children but for me. I want one you see. "

    Just for being honest, you get a +1 from me :)

  • xentar #56 2 years ago

    I Don't follow, move sold like 300 000 units first week and it uses superior technology with more precision, how can konect to like tenfold better?

  • onezeonx #57 2 years ago

    My local game have 50 and only reserved 12!

    Not exactly sold out tbh

  • ZuluHero #58 2 years ago

    I really don't get all the Kinect hate. Of course it doesn't appeal to us, its not supposed to. Microsoft are going for a different market - people who wouldn't normally want to play traditional and conventional 360 games.

    Oh and to those who hope it fails, you do realise that this would be very bad for 360 in general? Microsoft are pumping literally gazillions of dollars into this thing and you really don't think that this will have a knock-on effect for us 'normal' gamers and our normal games?



  • Odessa #59 2 years ago

    Sometimes i get the feeling the the same people wait for kinect news, then go to the old one and copy paste there comments to the new one *lol*

    Of course you can still buy Kinect on release date in offline stores (is there a special name for the "original" stores??). So i guess it is true that it is sold out in online stores as i imagine more people pre order online then offline. I also think that MS did not think that they will have such a big demand, as all the gamers were complaining that it is too expensive (but they buy every year a new PC for 2000€ *rolleyes*).

    And people here: I do not give a .... if you buy it or not. Or do you care if i will buy it?

  • chuck_bone #60 2 years ago

    C'mon folks, it was always going to be a instant sell-out. It's aimed at the family, so of course people are going to buy it.

    I know I'm tempted (price being the main barrier).

    But given that A) We dont know numbers and B) It's the long term success is what people are concerned with.

    It'll be how many games sell post chrismtas, and how many Kinekts sell in January, February and so on.

    Will it be a instant hit curio, seen as a more advanced Eye Toy, or will it be the next Wii?
    That's the question.

    All this tells us is that there is sufficient interest to sell out of initial stock.

  • Ignatius_Cheese #61 2 years ago

    I love the EG Comments! Some of the reactionary comments are the best this year so far. Carry on! :D

  • Edz72 #62 2 years ago

    Doesn't do any harm when you false advertise a product..... looking at you GAME.

  • Zomeguy #63 2 years ago

    @cool8man: I hope MS is paying you decently for those posts...

  • irrelevanthuman #64 2 years ago

    It will be fascinating to see how Kinect performs(technically,not financially)in the real world.It doesn't appeal to me at the moment and its price point is prohibitive in any case.However,I wish it well,anything that brings are beloved hobby to a wider audience is a good thing(as long as the core audience is not neglected).

  • captainrentboy #65 2 years ago

    I'm not the biggest fan of Kinect, tried one and thought it was pretty fun when it worked and infuriating when it was being a shit! But, that doesn't mean I'm daft enough to think the thing won't sell, it's going to have a huge Chrimbo, people who think otherwise are deluding themselves. My own Game store took around 180 deposits for Kinect, more than we have anything else ever before. (My store is tiny and a bit shit btw, not a London store or anything) So there's no need for either company to falsify numbers, as the interest in it is fackin' huge! And the guy above who said his store's getting 50 in with 12 deposits, they're talking shit to you, other than being guaranteed the preorder stock, no store knows their final stock allocation yet:/

  • Doctor_What #66 2 years ago

    @Trebell: "Different consoles, different tech. Move is more accurate for what it does than Wii but it doesn't do body tracking or have the voice capability. They're not directly comparable."

    There are demos of Move doing body tracking and I'm pretty sure that there is a directional mic built in to the PS Eye, so it could do that too, if needed.

    @ Cool8man: "I've preordered Kinect and Kinect Sports and I'm planning to get a second Kinect for my bedroom"

    You live in a house where you have enough free space to use a Kinect in your bedroom? No wonder you can afford to buy two. I, however, have significantly less money than you and think that my remote control will do nicely for the moment. I'm also fascinated to see how well the Kinect's software will recognise my choice of music when I say "play Incunabula by Autechre" (I'm not taking the piss, I really like that album). Personally I suspect that it won't fare too well and I'll be reaching for my control pad.

  • FortysixterUK #67 2 years ago

    Amazing what absolute TOOT people will buy.
    I like innovation in my tech as much as the next person, but I can't see this working out somehow ( or PS move).
    Something mega is going to have to be released on this to make me go for it.
    Make that 5-6 mega somethings using my old rule of thumb, never buy a games console until it has 5 titles on it you want.

  • xentar #68 2 years ago

    @trebell - i know the technology and i have to disagree. PS3 with Move allows for bodytracking and voice commands - it contains camera with microphones. And it has bodytracking games in development already. try to google Kung-Fu Live or juzt watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR_QzWGhGo

  • memeroot #69 2 years ago

    They are setting up kinnect trials outside my local trainstation

    will be good to have a go

  • des #70 2 years ago

    Ah Kinect articles always bring loonies out...
    Face it people,Kinect will be a huge hit and there is nothing anyone can do about it...expect to see huge 360 hardware boost too

  • miiiguel #71 2 years ago

    Drop the Kinect hate, it's going to be a success with ppl who don't play video-games, it'll be similar to what Apple did with iPhone - they sold shitloads of smartphones to ppl who didn't give a fuck to these kinda devices.

  • Calgon #72 2 years ago

    xentar oh come on, so because someone found a way to use a standard RGB camera image to do a basic form of skeletal tracking, Move does everything Kinect does now? Sorry no! Just no, that kind of ignorrance only makes you look stupid, the only sense of depth you will get from 1 basic RGB camera is how close or far away objects are away from the camera at best, notice how 2 dimensional the movements were? I sure did, it only serves to show Kinect is indeed a step forward.

    Here is how the "skeletal" tracking works:

    FreeMotion® Skeleton Tracking example

    From a quick glance at Virtual Air Guitar's website we can see theres not only support for PC and Xbox360 here but there's mention of 3D depth camera support too, so it will be interesting if this game ever gets a Kinect version or whether they develop their own Kinect game showing what they can do with it.

    Virtual Air Guitar Technology

    Also none of the naysayers seem to realise the patented technology software side is where alot of the advancements have been made, you expect Sony to compete with MS software side or a small time developer to outdo MS and a specialised tech firm that actually caught MS' attention? I'm not saying it couldn't happen but it really isn't likely and unless we have a reason(something that actually exists rather than fanboy speculation) to beleive this is the case there's no reason to beleive it.

    edit: Ah the old I'll neg this post because it proved me wrong response, typical of the average Eurogamer commenter these days, pointless bothering at all with this level of maturity.
    Edited by Calgon at 19/10/10 @ 06:59

  • TRUTH #73 2 years ago

    Every 360 owner I know don't even care about it. All of my friends-friends who own a 360 don't care...Yet MS says it's sold out on pre-order - all 10 of them.

  • TRUTH #74 2 years ago

    Kinect released - loads of crappy shovelware, will probably last 2ys max before the hype for next gen consoles start to begin, no real AAA titles, the gimmicks of voice LIMITED control and waving your arms around will get boring rather quick, will end up as a less then used items in most cases...and all yours for £130.

  • Doctor_What #75 2 years ago

    Can they get on with releasing it soon please so we can all stop arguing about whether it's rubbish or not?

  • Loghorn #76 2 years ago

    @ZuluHero: Please. Do you honestly believe that this thing will be successful in the long run? From what I heard, Microsoft invested $20 Billion into the gaming division & have a three generation plan. Even if this thing fails, they're not going anywhere.

    Oh and to those who hope it fails, you do realize that this would be very bad for 360 in general? Microsoft are pumping literally gazillions of dollars into this thing and you really don't think that this will have a knock-on effect for us 'normal' gamers and our normal games?

    They're really only pumping millions into this device. And it will be bad for all of us gamers if this thing is actually successful. 3rd party developers, etc., will be putting all of their efforts, time & money into making more crap for this device & will focus less on core games. Both Nintendo & Sony will be copying Microsoft on this device for their next gen console & will possibly replace regular controller gaming.

    Is that what you want? That's why we all want this thing to fail. That's something that we should not be celebrating about if this is very successful.
    Edited by Loghorn at 13/10/10 @ 19:00

  • Downside #77 2 years ago

    If you think the Wii is okay, you're likely to find Kinect OK too.

    For me, it saves me buying a Wii and will be a lot of fun; yes, Dance Central, I'm looking at you.
    My PS3 is a BluRay player, basically and I've no desire to buy a Move stick for it.

    I'm making a wild guess that I'm not the only one in this position, and that Kinect will sell well this holiday.
    YMMV