Its all ready sold out in most places....thats pretty old news dude. 

My mum knows about it, Yeah it will sell.

 Sell well? Yes
Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot.

sell more than the move, obviously, but not all that well.

My silly friend who doesn't actually have a room big enough in his house to use it pre-ordered one ages ago... so it probably will but most likely die off.

Oh it'll sell. Top men have been on it. Though I personally have no interest in it.

I see it selling well, even though I don't want it to.

My recreation room is waiting in anticipation for this bad boy. My kids too. 
Me, I hope they'll make some more innovative use of the device in the future.

"  Sell well? Yes Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot. "

There is no way it won't.

" @Robiin said:

"  Sell well? Yes Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot. "

If the $500 million marketing figure is true (which I'm not convinced of), then it's pretty clear that MS don't want to make a profit from it. With a marketing budget like that, they're don't want a profit (at least not in the short term), they merely want to drag away a large proportion of the Wii's market share, and then hold onto those customers for the long term, where they will make money. "

"My mum knows about it, Yeah it will sell. "

It will sell pretty darn good, my unit for success for the thing would be if it ends up selling more units than there are 360's now, which I think it will get close to.

Yes. Though like the Wii, I think the attach rate will be abysmal. 

Ellen Degeneres loves it. Therefore, every woman aged 28-55 will buy it.

It'll do abysmal with the hardcore gamers and incredibly well with the grannies. 

I think it's pretty obvious they are limiting supply to create an artificial sense of scarcity. Just like Nintendo did with the Wii.

"  Sell well? Yes Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot. "

Yeah there is quite a bit of hype building for this launch.

I think that like a lot of new peripherals, initial sales will be strong but will quickly taper off. All depends on games and so far uhhh there aren't a lot of exciting things on the horizon. I also think people will be thrown by it. If it's meant to appeal to casuals and people who don't understand technology (or are novice tech people) I can see how they might have trouble setting it up and comprehending it, etc. 

" @MattyFTM said:

" @Robiin said:

"  Sell well? Yes Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot. "

If the $500 million marketing figure is true (which I'm not convinced of), then it's pretty clear that MS don't want to make a profit from it. With a marketing budget like that, they're don't want a profit (at least not in the short term), they merely want to drag away a large proportion of the Wii's market share, and then hold onto those customers for the long term, where they will make money. "

The only big market thing I heard was the shameless Oprah plug "

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @MattyFTM said:

" @Robiin said:

"  Sell well? Yes Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot. "

If the $500 million marketing figure is true (which I'm not convinced of), then it's pretty clear that MS don't want to make a profit from it. With a marketing budget like that, they're don't want a profit (at least not in the short term), they merely want to drag away a large proportion of the Wii's market share, and then hold onto those customers for the long term, where they will make money. "

The only big market thing I heard was the shameless Oprah plug "

By shameless do you mean smart and (somewhat) miraculous marketing?  "

My old house had a huge finished basement where I could take advantage of Kinect. Not so much now unless I totally rearranged the room. I imagine most people don't have the space required either. 
 
Hope it sells anyway, gotta be positive right? I just hope they keep releasing Gears of War and shit.

Yes.  I think it will do fairly well.

It going to sell much better now that Oprah had it on her show. That was such a smart move by Microsoft because now a majority of the house wives and women (and some men) who watch her show are now informed of the product. In most cases these individuals did not even know that Kinect existed. Obviously Microsoft wants to market it to this particular audience so it was a great choice by them to bring it to her show. I believe i read somewhere, probably destructoid, that Kinect pre order went dramatically up after the show. 

" It going to sell much better now that Oprah had it on her show. That was such a smart move by Microsoft because now a majority of the house wives and women (and some men) who watch her show are now informed of the product. In most cases these individuals did not even know that Kinect existed. Obviously Microsoft wants to market it to this particular audience so it was a great choice by them to bring it to her show. I believe i read somewhere, probably destructoid, that Kinect pre order went dramatically up after the show.  "

" @MattyFTM said:

" @Robiin said:

"  Sell well? Yes Profitable? Hell no, if it doesn't stick around for more than like ten years. 500 million bucks is a lot. "

If the $500 million marketing figure is true (which I'm not convinced of), then it's pretty clear that MS don't want to make a profit from it. With a marketing budget like that, they're don't want a profit (at least not in the short term), they merely want to drag away a large proportion of the Wii's market share, and then hold onto those customers for the long term, where they will make money. "

The only big market thing I heard was the shameless Oprah plug "

Yes, but I don't think it'll do as well as Wii.  Another note is each of these marketing pushed video game fad devices will do worse than the previous.

maybe, i'm not going to be a person who buys it. i don't plan on using something funny like that.