So you are one of the people that were looking for a Kinect but decided not to go to midnight release? You might have a hard time finding the motion controller on store shelves this holiday season. Online retailers are showing backordered status for Kinect on the biggest electronic suppliers like Best Buy and Amazon.com . What does this mean for Kinect? Well it means that the millions of advertising dollars worked, and either those "core" gamers decided to purchase the camera or they just wrangled a bunch of new customers either way, Microsoft must be happy with Kinect first shipments selling out on Day 1. Though you can still find the Kinect on the likes of Ebay it won't be long before the holiday price gouging begins.
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Jealous much?
" either those "core" gamers decided to purchase the camera or they just wrangled a bunch of new customers either way"
A whole lot of both
you'd touch your own crap for kinect? too dedicated
It's easy to sell out of something when you don't have much to sell to begin with.
* Kinect is in stores everywhere
* Online stores are completely stocked with Kinect bundles
* And Microsoft has been trickling out a tiny bit of non-bundle Kinects
Looks like Microsoft is attempting to have the PR both ways. Flood the stores with shipments so they can claim those shipments as sales. Keep the standalone version understocked so they can claim Kinect is 'sold out'. Have plenty of the bundles so they can force online buyers to buy yet another 360.
its not worth the 150 price tag its ok still some issues it feels like an upgraded eyetoy and i have to say it wont stay fresh for long me and my fam had a little fun but it didnt last long we went back to the move for some sports champion fun its better with a controller the eyetoy was the same way it was fun for a little but got old fast kinect is the same ...
It can be sold out everywhere,a ll stock could go however if microsoft did the ol trick of giving them minimal copies ( example Shopto) it can sell out without selling taht many copies..
Just like bayonetta sold out on teh xbox 360 however it didnt sell out on ps3 but it sold more on the ps3..
They are not sold out there, i bet the majority of people are getting theirs through online thus the cause for sold out all over the web.
Was going to pick it up ( i have money to burn) , just a quick question, i saw a bunch of bundle also at walmart but they are just 4GB , is there a bigger bundle for GB?
Also people this is why we read the article and not the headline, this is talking about the Online retail part of those big companies.
had 9 in the case and 5 kinect 360 bundles and gamestop had 4 kinects they said they had 5 come in with there 5 preorders a total of 10 kinects only 6 sold and they have 4 left its not being sold out over here in my part of jersey the move was sold out here couldnt get one in 3 weeks im just saying its not sold out even ms said the newyork times event did below what they expected...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-36...
not sold out. just people purchasing a bunch to resale.
so you're saying that a few hundred kinects, bought for resale on ebay, would make a dent in millions of day 1 sell outs?
Tinfoil hats, anyone?
Hold that thought, the numbers will be out soon.
Man, it doesn't take much anymore to get a person to make of a BS story does it. Funny, when I go to the store it really doesn't concern me how they have stuff displayed nor do I care whose buying what.
I am there to get what I came for and I'm out. But I guess you guys do surveys so that you can come to N4G and report back to your fellow trolls.
So pathetic.
It may be sold out in certain locations but I was just at Walmart and Target shopping today and each store had 5 kinects that I seen.
It actually seems Target had them strategically placed, there was only one in the Kinect section at the end of the aisle by the games to try and grab the "on the fence" type of gamer who would grab it just because of the illusion of it being in high demand/low quantities and then as I was getting ready to check out they had 4 of them placed at the end of the checkout stand.
At Walmart, they had 5 Kinects on the bottom shelf right next to the Xbox 360's. And this isn't accounting the Xbox/Kinect bundles that were available at both locations.
I'm sure the damn thing is selling but I'm sick of hearing this "OMG, Kinecticayomama's are sold out teh everywhere!!!"
we all expect Kinect to sell out well after first few weeks.
its just what happen after that, dust-magnet
You haven't played it.
Hater's gonna Hate.
That's because haters still exist.
Perhaps we should call them "corepred4's" instead.
Just enjoy the gaming.
I checked my BX last night and literally the entire section had been untouched since the morning. I found it odd considering the number of people I know who own 360s over PS3s is quite a few. Some people just don't want to listen to truth.
i can drop a zip code for you IP279PN. if you can figure out where that is you can come to my BX and see for yourself.
I could go to either Target or Gamestop and buy a Kinect right now, no problems.
Another thing I`ve noticed is that pretty much every store is chock-full of Kinect/360 bundles. Those things don`t seem to be budging.
The data clearly shows that the kinect is selling well in it's first few days. The fact that you saw a bunch of kinects has no bearing on cold hard facts.
Your experience does not somehow define reality.
I'm going to contest this, but data can be shaped in ANY form to make it look positive. TECHNICALLY the Kinects at the store I manage are sold out, but that's because they're all reserved, and so far not many came by to pick them up.
Plus on the other side, you don't even know how many are at per store. We can say it was sold out at our store, but we only had 14 pre-orders of it anyways. So that's not saying a lot on hand. It's like the same with the Wii, they short-cut the supplies, and make it look like it has a high demand.
You can read in the comments it just angers them.
I'm saying drop the store name and zip code and people can verify the BS from the ones telling the truth. I've not been able to find Kinect anywhere since launch and even Move was in short supply for awhile but it has since been restocked.
A store here sold out, they only had two of them and just got two in stock again.
As for the 360 bundle with kinect, every store here has overstock of them and gamestop here only had 18 preorders for it and only 17 sold. The 18th one can by the person.
Already seen use kinect and games, not much cheaper.
Heres a list to back up what I said.
http://www.gamestop.com/bro...
out of the 17 games i would say about 7 games would make sense.. and not repetitions of fitness plus the 5 jap kinect titles, plus the hardore controller based titles kingdom from crytek, gears3 and more that will be coming from major 3rd party publishers and studios.. 360 wont be getting dry anytime soon
I know, random guy on the net claiming that its not. If you need proof I have a pic I took of the display about 45 minutes ago when I was there.
http://i529.photobucket.com...
Kaveti6616 +bub you hit the nail on the head. Scary mental.
"I'm saying drop the store name and zip code and people can verify the BS from the ones telling the truth."
"So you actually said to yourself - "I am going to take a picture of this rack so I can come on N4G and post and tell everyone LOOK they aren't sold out...Scary mental""
So, first you ask for proof, and then when somebody gives it to you, they`re mental? -__-
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when i went at 5 pm yesterday walmart sold 1
gamestop sold 0
this is PR bullcrap
dont believe the hype
No matter how you spin it, Kinect's numbers will not turn out well later this month. This final bit of spin can't save it.
Dance Central... that game is awesome, but its not $200 awesome, for most people. The rest of the games just don't have the staying power. I would almost buy Kinect for Dance Central... almost, if I also had a living room big enough. But I don't, and that's that.
Increase the camera rez to 1024x1024, widen the vertical view angle some (so you can use it at a closer distance), up the sample rate to 60 Hz. Have a processor capable of devoting a core to the thing, unlike the Xenon... then its good stuff.
XBox 720 and Kinect 2 could rock the world. XBox 360 and Kinect 1... won't.
I think alot of people still waiting to get their check to buy one but yeah like I said there is still alot at my local gamestop.
http://www.qj.net/qjnet/xbo...
I'm just curious myself. There's two gamestops in downtown Seattle 1 was sold out and the other still had alot in stock. That was earlier today though.....either way enjoy it people.
Yea I bought 28 Days Later on blu today, went around town looking for good deals on Alien Anthology, and every where I went huge displays of Kinect with many copies left.
Are you trying to just make up stuff so you can believe Kinect is selling more then you really think?
Personally I couldn't give a damn weather or not kinect sells well. My 360 is never going to see one hooked up to it. Simply doesn't capture my interest (just like my ps3 will never see a move)
Let's not kid ourselves here, N4G has about a 80% ps3 fanbase and a 20% 360 fanbase. It's sad when people don't bother to actually debate the issues anymore.. rather this knee-jerk reaction garbage I've seen time and time again in which people will go out of their way to bash MS as though they have some sort of stake In Sony. I just don't get it.
sold out not in our area
and BTW... I got an email from Dell last nite and today..
they are in stock at dell for both bundles and Kinect alones
DAs what a bunch of blind fanboy losers..
want my address to show how wrong you are ping me
i was at my local walmart AND kmart today doing weekly shopping; and, there are currently 5 foot high stacks of the standalone kinect device - they were hard to miss being piled out in the aisles............sold out? ridiculous.
it seems like too many "gamers" act like they're in high school (most probably are) and form an opinion based on "whats popular" with the cool kids. try Kinect for yourself and quit letting the "cool kids" tell you what is cool. Kinect is great!
i love how people like to add disagrees even though its reality
i guess xbots dont like reality
Haven't seen a store yet in Memphis that is sold out. So where are all these locations I wonder?