Yes Kinect’s 1.37 million haul last month has done wonders to keep Xbox 360 high above the competition. Microsoft responds with much PR chest beating.
”I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t continue,” said group product manager David Dennis. ”For us, it’s about continuing to innovate and bring new experiences to the platform through Live. We’re always talking to partners about ways we can bring other types of entertainment experiences, as well as reinvent the platform overall so it continues to feel fresh and new. And you couple those Live services with amazing games.”
”The more services, games and experiences you bring to a platform, the more reasons you give people to buy it, but also to turn it on day after day. To the extent we can continue to do what we’re doing, I think the trajectory is poised to continue.”
”We’re the only console showing double-digit growth,” he added. ”We feel great about where we’re at, and we wouldn’t trade places with anyone at this point.”
Kinect sales figures weren’t given but Microsoft did reveal that the new motion tech cleared 2.5 million sales in just 25 days, thoroughly annihilating expectations.
”Third parties are generally pretty excited about the potential for Kinect,” continued Dennis. ”In general I’d say we feel really great about the momentum we’ve got fuelled by Kinect and the catalyst for growth it’s pushed for us this holiday.” Do you have Kinect?
Microsoft hopes to sell 5 million units of Kinect by 2010’s end.
