Microsoft has raised the bar yet again, this time forcasting the sale of 70 GAZZILLION (5 million) Kinect units this Holiday. This all from a tweet from Bloombergs Dana Glass who said

"That would make Kinect the biggest Xbox product launch ever in terms of sales, according to Microsoft's Don Mattrick."


Adding credibility to the claim, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg retweeted said tweet on his twitter which does tweet! 5 million is a lot of units but I'm not sure if that number counts the units that Microsoft is selling to themselves and then giving away at Burger King for free.

In any case, tonight is the night. Kinect will hit us like an asteroid  and OUR LIVES WILL SURELY BE CHANGED FOREVER!

MS now expects 5M Kinect sales this Xmas (Computers and Video Games)

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    s1yfox
    14 years, 1 month ago

    ...I honestly doubt itll sell that many. maybe a little less than half

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    republictiger
    14 years, 1 month ago

    today in my marketing class, someone brought Kinect up, and all those goofs said that they would buy one. and that's the way they market this product at "those" people, i wouldnt even bother calling them casual gamers, i'd just call them.. "them".

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    Greg the Keg
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Heh, remember when the 360 first came out and so many people wanted them that stores were out of stock for weeks and weeks? And Microsoft simply couldn't ship enough copies to meet the extremely high demand?

    I predict (and really, really hope) the opposite happens this time.

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    VenomPB
    14 years, 1 month ago

    I honestly cannot see that many people wanting to blow that much money on it. Hell, how many people in their target demographic even own a 360 or don't already own a Wii? :P

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    The_Shadower
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Somehow i don't think Kinect will do that good. I hardly believe it gonna sell all that much.

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    WingZero
    14 years, 1 month ago

    5 million...really? I don't see MS hitting that number until maybe mid Q1 2011. It will probably do a little better than PS Move, but not overwhelmingly better.

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    ArcHeRHooD
    14 years, 1 month ago

    "In other news, Microsoft goes bankrupt because of how poorly the sales where for their newest product Kinect." I'm waiting to see those words in a few weeks on the news.

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    Warpedpixel
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Well I don't know I mean I've actually heard a few people at my school talking about how they got kinects or are getting them this Christmas. Obviously this means nothing but it shows that it is atleast selling somewhat

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    DestroytheTyrant
    14 years, 1 month ago

    All of the morons at my school want one. They all think " OMGZZ I CANZ PLAY CALL OF DUTY LIKE RL !!! !!!!111"

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    Actionreplay
    14 years, 1 month ago

    Yeah Microsoft. Thanks. No really? Thank you. I would just love to get up and shove my ass all around for on lookers to see while waving my arms around like a spaz. Truly this is the greatest step for games FUCKING EVER!? Damn it Kinect.

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    CoolChrono
    14 years ago

    Sad but probably true. If i see that damn Mcdonalds/kinect commercial one more time..

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    Comradebearjew
    14 years ago

    Oh god, I sure hope it doesn't sell this many units.

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    Aged Milk
    14 years ago

    And to think if I had still owned a 360 & had a LIVE membership that I'd be essentially helping to fund this shit. That in itself is a mindfuck.

    This is like when you hear about some of the useless programs and such that our tax money is often wasted on. lol

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    alterego1092
    14 years ago

    Oh god. Please don't. Video game gods... please don't allow that to happen.
    And then, knowing our luck... it's gonna happen. That will be a sad day for videogamers... but to not be so one sided, I'm sure civillians (non-gamers) families are going to be quite happy.