The Xbox 360’s success (Infographic)
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Kinect Breaks Guinness World Record As Fastest Selling Electronics Device
Microsoft's controller-free sensor breaks Guinness World Record.
Microsoft smashes its expectations-sells over 8 million Kinects in 60 days
Remember back when everyone was snorting at Microsoft’s predicted Kinect sales of 3 million? Then when they revised that to 5 million people started to think the Xbox bosses were on crack or something. Well the official financial results are now out and Microsoft is announcing that is actually sold over 8 million Kinect devices in it’s first 60 days …
The Kinect is now the fasted adopted consumer electronic device ever
According to the latest sales figures by Microsoft the Kinect has now become the fastest adopted consumer electronics device ever, ousting the recent heir to the throne, the iPad. The iPad took 2 months to sell 2 million iPads, at a minimum price of $500, and has now settled down to selling around 4.5 million every quarter. Last Updated: December …
Kinect blows passed the 2.5 million mark… still a long way to hitting 5 million by the end of year
Microsoft are announcing this morning that Kinect retail sales have now passed 2.5 million and that they are still on track to reach 5 million by the end of the year. The 2.5 million is worldwide sales, not shipped, and is pretty impressive when you think the device has only been on sale for 25 days. But I have to …
Kinect Feels The Oprah Effect – Sales Jump More Than Tom Cruise
What can I say about Oprah… the lady loves making housewives rip out high pitched squeals the likes of which their husbands could only have wished they were responsible for. A short while back, Oprah featured the new Kinect system on her overly popular show, ending it off by dishing out a free Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle to every …
Nintendo has sold over 63 million Wiimotes in the US
The size of the US market sometimes catches me off guard and today is another one of those moments. In a PR stunt Nintendo have released the the number of Wiimotes that it has sold in the USA since the Wii was released and the numbers are pretty extraordinary. In total there are 63 500 000 Wiimotes in American households …
Kinect now (nearly) sold out across the UK
A few days back I posted up the story about Kinect selling out at certain retailers in the USA which sparked a lively debate which ended in a certain reader proving themselves to be quite the idiot. But up until that point the debate was more around whether this shortage is being manufactured by Microsoft to build hype or whether …
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