Microsoft: Kinect launch will be bigger than PS3, 360, Wii

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CVG Gaming said:
Microsoft has claimed that Kinect's launch can be bigger than that of every console in history - including Xbox 360 itself.

According to Microsoft studios boss Phil Spencer, the peripheral - which arrives in November - will represent "the biggest console launch ever".

"We are investing in this like we've never invested in a platform launch," he told Edge in a new interview. "This is, for us, the biggest platform launch in the history of the industry.

"We'll have a huge launch portfolio, we want to sell more units than any console has ever sold in its first holiday, a new platform. Our retail partners are telling us, based on the consumer demand, "this is going to be the number one consumer electronics purchase this holiday. Not just in the games space, all of them.

"In North America 7,000 retailers are doing midnight events when we ship and our pre-order momentum looks huge. So this, for us, is bigger than Xbox launch, bigger than 360 launch - this is a big deal for us. How many units are we going to sell? We're completely goaled in investing as if this were the biggest console launch ever, and that's our expectation."

Kinect is due for launch on November 10 in the UK. Microsoft announced a handful of 'core' games for the device at TGS.

When asked about Microsoft's prediction that Kinect can sell three million units in Q4, Spencer told Edge:

"You forecast, you hope, you do your best, right? You ship something. I know my manager, Don Mattrick, was quoted saying a holiday target of over 3 million.

"I think about it in a bigger way than that. Not that Don's wrong; that's the number that he stated, but a lot has to happen in order for us to have success. Our content partners have to ship great games, our retail partners have to be there with us, our marketing has to be there in a very impactful way."
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=267017

Bigger than PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii? Seriously?
 
Move has a higher chance of actually DOING IT RIGHT, so I call this BS myself.
 
Snowy The Czar said:
Apparently you have to have 6 feet between your Kinect and you for it to work properly, and the right lighting.
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You also have to stand (from what I've heard).

Kinect looks pretty fun, I'd probably wait a bit so the work our all the kinks (And lower the price, it's pretty price for some cameras in a crappy plastic case with a name on it).
 
Move looks soooo much more promising.

I'll try to get a Kinect testing through my friends, but I guarantee it will suck.

 
I would just wish they would let this stupid motion gaming go...go back to basic controllers...*stabs self*
 
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