Microsoft Nearly Doubles Record-Breaking Kinect Sales Forecast
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Reporter: "So how many units do you think Kinect will sell?"
MS Rep: "Our team has calculated approximately 40-million-bajillion units will be sold at launch. That is totally a real number and stuff. Everyone buy Microsoft stock!"
Lulz
MS Rep: "Our team has calculated approximately 40-million-bajillion units will be sold at launch. That is totally a real number and stuff. Everyone buy Microsoft stock!"
Lulz
Part of me really wants Kinect to succeed simply due to the fact that it's an innovation in technology (look up the definition, innovation doesn't always have to be something brand spankin' new) and that it could lead to some interesting uses with it in some major games.
But another part of me wants it to fail miserably so that Microsoft will shut it's fucking trap. Sony is playing it cool and safe with their Move controller, a wait-and-see policy, but Microsoft are singing to the high heaven's and going "OMGOMGOMG, IT'S SO AMAAAAAAZING!" and just come off as desperate to me.
I dunno, I just don't know what to think of the whole thing.
But another part of me wants it to fail miserably so that Microsoft will shut it's fucking trap. Sony is playing it cool and safe with their Move controller, a wait-and-see policy, but Microsoft are singing to the high heaven's and going "OMGOMGOMG, IT'S SO AMAAAAAAZING!" and just come off as desperate to me.
I dunno, I just don't know what to think of the whole thing.
Yes, yes! use your anger, and your hatred! Come to the dar... I mean PC, we have better graphics and more sophisticated gameplay.CTU_Loscombe said:If this motion control doesnt fuck off then Im gonna become a PC gamer
Next they'll be wanting us to play games without a console
Then without using any part of your body
I really hope that Kinect is a complete fucking failure
*unleashes a storm of force lightning*
You're overly positive about Kinect to an almost fan-boyish level. It's a little too much for a message board that's supposed to be neutral.arc1991 said:
Here's the deal, everybody. Microsoft has Mr. and Mrs. Everyman convinced that Kinect is the next great thing for home entertainment. They've spent so much freaking money getting the name out there and making sure that there's enough uproar to make the device seem wanted. This change in sales expectations is completely strategic, as it furthers the idea publicly that it is what everybody wants to buy, and they're buying out news companies so that it is actual published news and such. The Escapist is not likely on this list; I'm meaning news companies more generally viewed by the public: Fox news, LA Times, etc.
Kinect is going to sell very well. So well that it will rival The Wii's initial popularity just because it is the "big product" to have for the holiday season. The problem is when the reviews come out for Kinect, and Mr. and Mrs. Everyman start hearing about the lag and how unresponsive the system is. I really can't see Kinect getting scores any higher than a 5.5 out of 10 from any unbiased game review site. The damn thing is just unplayable.
As long as Microsoft can keep the bad reviews out of the main press, they'll continue to sell. Otherwise, it'll flop (although they will still succeed overall thanks to their ridiculous pre-sale cache)
And here's another thing. Stop arguing that Kinect has to succeed because it's "innovation and thusly good for us all". While I agree that Kinect is trying something different, the technology isn't there, either from a hardware or software point. As some of you may have noticed, the Power Glove was not the most successful piece of hardware. Sure, you could have argued at some point that it was something new and was at least trying to take steps towards future kinetic technology, but it didn't work very well, and didn't have very many good games tailored towards it. Sounds eerily similar to a supposedly wildly popular soon-to-be languished Microsoft product.
"The damn thing is unplayable"Shale_Dirk said:
*looks back at my post were i saw people USING it in a game store*
hmmmm? now who's the fanboy?
I am not arguing it will succeed as i have said, it will a take alot for it work, it's just people saying "it will fail" without any proof of their statement, if they had proof, fair enough, i would leave it be, but they don't.
Well Microsofts funds do them very good in this instance. I think they'll sell lots of copies mostly because of their crazy advertising.
But anyway, how much money will they make of it? They spend a hell of a lot to get it to work. I suck at economics but here goes anyway:
They spend a few hundred millions in developing this, so lets say 200 million for good measure. They spent almost half a billion in advertisements, so 500 million goes there. Now, I don't know how much profit they get on each sale, but I suspect it wouldn't be too much since the technology is costly and MS are just trying to push as many units as they can into the houses of people.
So let's just go on a limb and say they make 50$ per peripheral which adds up to 250 million if they sell 5 million units. 50 $ already seems like a very, very high profit for that tech, so maybe realistically we're talking around 20-10 $ per peripheral which would get in at a measly 100-50 million on hardware sales alone. Not too much if you consider the 700 odd million or so that were spent in development and marketing. Then again, what about customer support costs? How much will they spend on fixing things once the camera inevitably goes red-lensing of death on people? XD. Joking...
Now I know how it works, companies make dolla dolla bill y'all by selling software, but still. 250 (which is stretching it) out of 700 million? Hmmhm.
With all their crazy marketing I think Kinect will do very well. I wouldn't be surprised if it shoots up to 7 million or so. Marketing is a strong friend in sales. What I will be curious about however is the long time sales and the sharp decline that I anticipate when actual reviews of games and customer satisfaction comes in. I've heard mixed reports. Can't wait to see what people think of it.
But anyway, how much money will they make of it? They spend a hell of a lot to get it to work. I suck at economics but here goes anyway:
They spend a few hundred millions in developing this, so lets say 200 million for good measure. They spent almost half a billion in advertisements, so 500 million goes there. Now, I don't know how much profit they get on each sale, but I suspect it wouldn't be too much since the technology is costly and MS are just trying to push as many units as they can into the houses of people.
So let's just go on a limb and say they make 50$ per peripheral which adds up to 250 million if they sell 5 million units. 50 $ already seems like a very, very high profit for that tech, so maybe realistically we're talking around 20-10 $ per peripheral which would get in at a measly 100-50 million on hardware sales alone. Not too much if you consider the 700 odd million or so that were spent in development and marketing. Then again, what about customer support costs? How much will they spend on fixing things once the camera inevitably goes red-lensing of death on people? XD. Joking...
Now I know how it works, companies make dolla dolla bill y'all by selling software, but still. 250 (which is stretching it) out of 700 million? Hmmhm.
With all their crazy marketing I think Kinect will do very well. I wouldn't be surprised if it shoots up to 7 million or so. Marketing is a strong friend in sales. What I will be curious about however is the long time sales and the sharp decline that I anticipate when actual reviews of games and customer satisfaction comes in. I've heard mixed reports. Can't wait to see what people think of it.