I just found out that, on top of the massive exposure Kinect got on Oprah, Burger King will use Kinect Animal toys as a toy in kids packs. Microsoft is really going nuts on this. Apparently you can take the toy home, use the Kinect to scan the toy, and that same pet will become available in game. That is a MAJOR draw to kids. Going out for lunch with their parents, or birthday parties, and you get a toy that says "Hey Kids, get your parents to buy you an Xbox 360 and Kinect and I will be your virtual pet with Kinectimals!"  
 
Toys "r Us is also selling lager stuffed Kinectimals which you can scan.
 
I sense that this will sell pretty good.

Microsoft wants this thing to sell like hotcakes.  A little over one week away till Kinect launches.  Lets see if all this marketing will work.

I'm predicting that Kinect will sell well, but Microsoft will have trouble selling the software. I haven't found any of the software appealing though.

This is all giving me a marketing hard on. 

" Apparently you can take the toy home, use the Kinect to scan the toy, and that same pet will become available in game. That is a MAJOR draw to kids. Going out for lunch with their parents, or birthday parties, and you get a toy that says "Hey Kids, get your parents to buy you an Xbox 360 and Kinect and I will be your virtual pet with Kinectimals!"   Toys "r Us is also selling lager stuffed Kinectimals which you can scan.   

That's really cool I could see that doing really well.  I already have Kinectimals  pre-ordered I might just have to go to BK and buy some kids meals depending on what cat's they have.

Must be hilariously fun marketing such an expensive piece of garbage.

" That's really cool I could see that doing really well.  I already have Kinectimals  pre-ordered I might just have to go to BK and buy some kids meals depending on what cat's they have. "

I predict profit

The PR guys at Microsoft will cry rivers if this doesn't sell well.

" @xyzygy said:

" Apparently you can take the toy home, use the Kinect to scan the toy, and that same pet will become available in game. That is a MAJOR draw to kids. Going out for lunch with their parents, or birthday parties, and you get a toy that says "Hey Kids, get your parents to buy you an Xbox 360 and Kinect and I will be your virtual pet with Kinectimals!"   Toys "r Us is also selling lager stuffed Kinectimals which you can scan.   

THAT is really cool. If I were 10 again I could see myself getting really psyched about it. "

" Must be hilariously fun marketing such an expensive piece of garbage. "

" @RoyCampbell said:

" Must be hilariously fun marketing such an expensive piece of garbage. "

And you know it's garbage how? "

Damn, this could ruin my plan to buy Kinect for $20 in a year because it was such a horrible failure sales wise! 
 
Joking aside, I hope that Kinect does well I just wish that the software was more appealing to me.

" @CL60 said:

" @RoyCampbell said:

" Must be hilariously fun marketing such an expensive piece of garbage. "

And you know it's garbage how? "

He doesn't. He be trollin' "

i've always been under the impression that this thing will sell big. The gimmick is just too good for casual gamers. This will probably outsell Move and will "Move" a lot of 360 consoles. But, im also under the impression that it will be another closet peripheral and end up collecting dust.