CHIPS: Kinect Won’t Boost Xbox 360’s Hardware Sales
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Don McCabe, manager of UK independant retailer CHIPS, feels Kinect won’t boost the Xbox 360’s hardware sales.
“In some ways Microsoft has missed the boat,” he told GamesIndustry.biz. “Over the last two years the casual market has been declining rapidly.”
“I don’t think it’s going to add any new hardware sales. I spotted in their last response to a survey, they said it would lift hardware sales by 5 to 15 percent.
“I think that’s bollocks,” he continued. “You lift it by one or two per cent and you’ve had a result.”
McCabe feels that Kinec’s £130 price tag is very high, particulary when pitted against the Wii. He feels no one’s bothered about MS’ upcoming motion sensing camera anyway.
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