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Kinect Pre-Orders Begin, Outselling Move

TheHDRoom: I was surprised this morning to see Kinect had not only gone up for pre-order at online retailer Amazon.com, but that it had jumped right past the hot selling Xbox 360 slim console into the number one hourly bestsellers slot. Sony's Playstation Move is also up for pre-order but has not yet cracked the top 10 despite costing less and being available nearly two months sooner.

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GWAVE5737d ago

...on Amazon.

Let's see the real sales a year from now. Heck, let's see software support. That's what matters.

Aquanox5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

This year's E3 is already a massive success for Microsoft. All their SKUs are selling like hotcakes and it seems that this is just the beginning of a long term trend.

I can't remember how many times I said here to be cautious with those hyper optimistic (and biased) predictions about when would Sony overtake Microsoft Worldwide. It was obvious we'd need to see what MS had for this E3 before jumping the gun so soon.

Take a look at Amazon's List. It's not only Kinect, also the Xbox 360 Slim and Arcade are sweeping away the competition and all Xbox products and Games have improved in sales as well.

The Ps3 closing the GAP has ended this monday in my opinion.

-MD-5737d ago Show
raztad5737d ago

"This year's E3 is already a massive success for Microsoft" Oh GOD. It's impossible to take this guy seriously anymore.

ryuzu5737d ago

Hehe.... I liked Fisher King too...

r.

WrAiTh Sp3cTr35737d ago

I'm glad its another option for a mic, one that can be used without wrapping it around your head or ear. The Minority Report stuff is cool too and it works with your PC too, so...I'm not preordering anything though, I'll wait until the time of release. Its crazy, that people don't even know the price but are willing to pre-order it. I ain't gonna hate though. Congrats, MS

HolyOrangeCows5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

There are like 3 different things for Move and they're all in the top 25.

Oh, and building upon what GWAVE said, there is actually Move supported software in the top 25. Can't say the same for Kinect.

EDIT: No Kinect software even in the top 50.

beans5737d ago

By the end of the year you will Bow before 360.

T9X695737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Actually this year's E3 for MS was a massive success to the blind eye of the casual gamer. When they saw Kinect they probably shit themselves, but when it comes to the hardcore gamers, MS failed miserably this year.

EDIT: Aquanox - I'm sorry but did you not watch MS press conference? Sure it was great.....for 20min. Then Kinect took the stage and ruined what chance MS had to impress the hardcore audience with games. What did they show that was good for the hardcore fan base? Gears 3 for 5min? Then Metal Gear Solid rising trailer with gameplay? Other than that MS didn't have shit this year.

Of also I own an Xbox and a PS3, sure the line up BEFORE E3 for Xbox was amazing, but now that May has passed and all the good games have been released, I was expecting to see some crazy new shit at E3. When in reality I saw an Asian chick fondle a tiger.

Aquanox5737d ago Show
blitz06235737d ago

LBP2 comes out this year too.

PLAYstar5737d ago Show
Bigpappy5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Peop[le are smart to get theirs early before the Xmas rush. When they have them on display in the mall in October, is when even Nintendo will start to worry. I told people here long ago that when non gamers and wii players see this thing, they freak to heck out. They do not believe it could be possible. But go ahead and think the most successful Software company are a bunch of fools who don't know what they are doing. That little girl with the tiger cub might have sold 5 mil of these around the world. Then the exercise and dance games just makes it all crazy. This will be the hot item for quite some time. Move will sell well to the hardcore. But there are a lot more casuals than hardcore (Ask Nintendo if you don't believe me).

jakethemuss5737d ago

does not have an official price. Have you not consider that many of those pre-orders will be cancelled or unfulfilled when the price is released? Also this is NA.

sikbeta5737d ago

"E3 is already a massive success for Microsoft"

Unbelievable, you People live in Delusion all day...

Funny how you suddenly forget how bad the MS Conference was with almost nothing to support you aka the [x360 consumers] and now you're like "awesome, massive success"

Please guys, you need to star to care about yourselves rather than how much money MS will gain or lose with this...

The Ender5737d ago

HEY!...that tiger wanted to be fondled. :P

VileAndVicious5737d ago

Yes. he obviously forgot about SOCOM 4 and Twisted metal

ShinMaster5737d ago

GT5, SOCOM 4, InFamous 2, Killzone 3, GOW:GoS(PSP), MotorStorm, Twisted Metal, LBP2(more hardcore than most think), etc.

Gue15737d ago

Come on! This shit was broadcasted through MTV, Nickelodeon and Spike while Move was only seen through internet. It is obvious that many more people know about the existence of Kinect compared to MOVE...

Lifendz5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Right now the novelty of it is selling. But I want to see what happens when it's been out for a month or two. Will there be some element of buyer's remorse? You know what you're getting into with the Move. It's essentially a Wii-clone except with greater accuracy. However, Natal...ummm...Kinect is something totally new in gaming. No controller? It's enticing for some and downright confounding for others. Time will tell with all these Wii copycats. It'll be interesting to see where the two products stand by next holiday season.

ShinMaster5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

You serious? Kinect is nothing "new" or revolutionary.
PS Eye alone tracks your body's movements. Plus, the Move controller adds precision and movement in a 3D space(already a lot more than the Wii can do and not just accuracy) and buttons intuitive for gaming.

http://i48.tinypic.com/rkx0...

AntBoogy905737d ago

Move is not another "Wii". Move is an add-on . . just like Natal. Wii is out of this category. Move performs things that the Wiimote cannot do. Therefore, you're statement about them being the same is irrelevant.

jemarval5737d ago

This is no way to measure success or even sales. For months the ps3 have been in the top 10 best selling videogames product while each xbox360 bundle have been in number 30 or below. Why? Think before you write pal, its because the 360 has several bundles that when aded together almost equal the number of sales of ps3!!. (I said almost)

Same thing happens here. There are 3 or 4 PS MOVE products in Amazons Top 25. Add the whole MOVE sales together and I guarantee you The move is at least in the top 10, more likely top 5.

I have to disagree with GWAVE here thou,I think Amazon is a good meter in terms of sales.

Lifendz5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Kinect is "new" and "revolutionary" in the sense that this is the first time I can recall one of the major console manufacturers expending what MS is going to expend in advertising, marketing, and basically making this their future. Sony had the tech out last gen but, c'mon, they never really pushed the eye toy or the PS3 eye to the level that MS is pushing Kinect. Sony now realizes what they were sitting on with the PS3eye, but even now I don't think Sony is banking on the Move like MS is banking on Kinect.

BTW, I'm not particularly into either of the two. If I had to chose one I'd chose Move just because I think Kinect is too drastic a change from conventional gaming.

PSN: Lifendz

ShinMaster5737d ago

It maybe "revolutionary" to the mainstream media, but advertising and marketing still doesn't make it new.

Argento-Nox5737d ago

@Aquanox

I think the 360S will help boost sales temporarily for MS, but I don't think we will see as huge a shift like the PS3 slim and it's price cut did, when it was announced. The 360S will certainly do well in the US, but as long as the price is the same, while the PS3 slim sells on par with the 360S (which I expect), it won't stop Sony from decreasing the hardware deficit every month. I don't see the 360S outselling the PS3 slim IMO, in Europe or Japan where Sony is leading MS.

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Boy30005737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Is anybody surprised that Kinect is outselling Move ...?

To the masses Kinect will obviously be more appealing for the simple reason that, argue all you want thats its just a super Eytoy, its something new, innovative compared to the Move thats is just too similar to the Wii.

Kinect stands out compared to the Move. The casual gamers will see what it can do and go crazy right away.

StanLee5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

You're right. It's hard to justify an investment in Move. People may decry Microsoft for their focus on the casual market but they're the ones who buy these peripherals. The software offerings have to appeal to them. As a core gamer, I don't want to play Resident Evil 5 with Move and I don't think a casual gamer is any more interested in the game because it has Move support.

ryuzu5737d ago

Crazy enough to spend $150 for 10 mins gameplay?

At least Eyetoy was cheap...

r.

fooltheman5737d ago

hmmm what advertisement can do in the usa...
you could sell a cow there, but everyone believes it's a horse...

sikbeta5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Casuals or the masses will not jump into kinect, wii bored them to death, this is more like the core x360 crowd supporting kinect more than anything...

VileAndVicious5737d ago

Ok. So move wasnt (and isnt) for the most part really entirely anything new. I will agree with you on that.

However what is so new or innovative about Natal?

I watched MS's conference I didnt see it being implemented in any new way. What for you was so impressive about it?

Natal is just a super EYEtoy/PSeye (whatever), just like Move is a super Wii remote. Its the same exact technology that has existed at least 8 years.It is what it is, stop being blinded by MS money and PR dude.

MorganX5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Has anyone noticed the suddenly ramped up KIN phone advertising? KIN is a big fail, but MS knows marketing.

I believe that's Sony's biggest weakness in the US this generation.

Halochampian5737d ago

I havent seen any other hands free device be voice sensitive, with with you while in chat, and have the interaction with the dashboard/movies/music as Kinect does. That is what interests me.

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HolyOrangeCows5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

There are like 3 different things for Move and they're all in the top 25.

Oh, and building upon what GWAVE said, there is actually Move supported software in the top 25. Can't say the same for Kinect.

EDIT: You guys must be REALLY butthurt to disagree with these important factors that the article failed to mention.

corneliuscrust5737d ago

"HolyOrangeCows 3h ago
There are like 3 different things for Move and they're all in the top 25.

Oh, and building upon what GWAVE said, there is actually Move supported software in the top 25. Can't say the same for Kinect.

EDIT: No Kinect software even in the top 50.
#1.1.5"

So... the xbox fankids are butthurt, yet you had to post the same thing twice? Who is butthurt again?

jemarval5737d ago

@HolyOrangeCows

Youre totally right. Add the different move products and you have the move in the top 5, making this article completely biased ansd ridiculous. So yes, Kinect is outselling the move navigation controller alone, and outselling the moves wand controller alone and the bundle alone.

So there you go pal, For every thousand kinects sold, the move's bundle have sold maybe 800, navigation controller maybe another 800, and maybe the wand controller another 800. Do the math.

MrJack5737d ago

Is this just US numbers, where the 360 has double the PS3 install base?

Because really we know that in the US Kinnect will outsell the move, thats a given.

Boy30005737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

I dont see the Move outselling Kinect in EU either. In fact I think Kinect will actually atract new consumers to the Xbox in EU...not to sure for Japan though, just seems like a lost cause for MS.

@below: When I say new consumers Im not talking about hardcore gamers, Im talking about casual. They payed 300$ I think for the Wii at launch so I guess they are ready to pay the price if it appeals to them.

Heartnet5737d ago

Although me and friends all own a 360 we find ourselves moved towards the Move and we is UK boys!

And for roughly 125 pound for connect and 120-200 pound for console people over here wont be attraced by that price lol

fooltheman5737d ago

hmmm I don't think europe will fall for Kinect... first of all ... microsoft's playground of advertisement now is the USA

tuglu_pati5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

@ Boy3000

I think Kinect will finally move some X 360 over Japan. Japaneses love motion games and i think this new technology will do pretty good over there. If anything Kinect will help MS in Japan.

sikbeta5737d ago

USA is the only one that will probably support kinect more than anything, Japan and Europe no way, Europe will not jump into expensive add-ons just for motion-gaming and Japan, they don't even have a big living rooms like in those ads to play with it lol

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HDgamer5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

So they never experience the eye toy? Right I'm sorry that blindness is the key to ignorance.

Kinect is cheaper and better than retarded eyetoy clone

WrAiTh Sp3cTr35737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

What? Are you happy for Kinect or you hate it? I can't tell by what you typed there.

ryuzu5737d ago

There are at least 4 Amazon entries for Move (various bundles etc) while there is just one entry for Kinect....

Just sayin....

r.

Boy30005737d ago

Well if Kinect had 4 offers they probably would have been at the n°1,2,3 and 4th spot.

Heartnet5737d ago

Then you really have to add up all those 4 things then u know where Move really is.. although im sure it wudnt take 1st then any how :D

Sheikh Yerbouti5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Thanks GWAVE.

LOL @ seeing Murderdolls replying to Aquanut

Guys, give both accessories time to breathe. It hasn't even been a week, and you are already talking about sales. Ugh...fanboys. I know you are desperate for good news, but let them launch and have their sales reach their natural levels before we start saying who "won." Like it should f'in matter to either console.

Plus don't rely on a ranking from an online retailer especially when it is based on the past hour (Puhleeze!). Look at NPD sales first and foremost. There's folks looking for different bundles for Move, more than Kinect.

*Whiff* Smells like desperation.

fossilfern5737d ago

to be honest im not supprised its out selling Move MS have spread so much rubbish about it everyone is eating it up. wait and see when people get their hands on it, it will just sit there and collect dust and all the hype will be for nothing

dtalon35737d ago

like the wii? as much as most peopel don't play it and there is tons upon tons of shovelware, the wii still has a hit every now and then.

Megahurtz19865737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

I wanna see the lames who are actually buying this thing and the official price hasn't been announced yet. I bet Bill Bought 300,000 just to get the sales up. Will probably bury them next to all those E.T Atari games in the Desert lol

IdleLeeSiuLung5737d ago

The majority of pre-orders for the Kinect only without the console are for current gamers i.e. hardcore. Without a showing of practically any hard core games, it is selling well!

absolutecarnage5737d ago

Kinect had lots of support thanks

kewlkat0075737d ago

"Let's see the real sales a year from now. Heck, let's see software support. That's what matters."

How everyone wanted it to fail..since it just could not possibly enter the fight with HD consoles and traditional controllers..

Now all the console have some type of motion gaming...and Nintendo is laughing to the bank.

DasBunker5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

lol who cares.. gaming wise MS E3 was pathetic.. enjoy your casual garbage and your sales games hahahahaha

Philaroni5737d ago

This is going to be a big problem. As Natal (Refuse to call it Kinect) is one device. Move, depending on if you have a Cam or not can be many things. So some users only need the controller some need the controller and cam. No way for use to get any idea of what it is selling.

With this said it will be interesting to see what Sony says on the Sales of move.

IdleLeeSiuLung5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

That is what I was thinking. For one I though all I needed was a PS Eye, the wand and the navigator. Then I found out the DS3 can be used instead of the navigator in a hobbled way which was a releif... then I found a game, The Fight: Lights Out, that kind of requires two wands!!!

So even for one player to experience everything the PS Move has to offer it is a minimum $150 investment if you choose to use the DS3 for a navigator. Tack on a navigator and you are looking at $180 for one player!

I'm interested since Sony seems to push for a lot of third party support, but not sure I want to pay $180 for a improved Wii Motion Plus clone.

The only good thing about this is that I own the PS Eye already, but shoot I don't get the sports game....

gynecologistcobra5737d ago

Kinect will still sell move. When you have to pay $210 to play with two players, you have a bad fucking business model.

I'm not saying Move is worse, (because Kinect is a goddamn wash) but Microsoft knows exactly what they're doing. They make money. They're catering to the casual crowd, and they're going to rake in big, big bucks.

JokesOnYou5737d ago

360 continues to make all the haters look stupid...360 usually doesn't do all that well on Amazon, so I imagine retail stores will move some huge numbers for kinect/360. ps fanboys are going to be crying themselves to sleep for awhile.

JOY

MysticStrummer5737d ago

I guess we're back to the sales=quality argument. I finally watched the entire Sony press conference last night. Comparing the Move demonstrations with Kinect is comical. Move is more precise and has more potential to be used with a wide variety of games, both casual and hardcore. That's all I care about.

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Mista T5737d ago

I could possible care less, Kinect has a poor software lineup, and Move has better games going for it, also a more variety of games are possible on Move. Move will get my purchase.

Hallmark Moment5737d ago

You could care less but many of the millions watching it being demoed must of jizzed. Not everybody are hardcore fanboys and media.

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wages of sin5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Millions of families who have never heard (nor care) about n4g, the SDF or updated games to work with that Sony thing that "looks like a Wii", will be having the time of their lives. Instead of loading their Netflix disc, they'll be talking to their 360, telling it to go to Netflix. The mere thought that gaming isn't just for core gamers, the nerve!

Gaming is for everyone, get over it.

@pennywise,

Yeah because you look so freaking cool like this!
http://gizmodo.com/5565294/...

WLPowell5737d ago

"you could care less but many of millions..." yada-yada-yada. So because Uncharted 2 didn't sell 8 million it must not have been one of the greatest gaming experiences this generation (possibly of all time), right? If Move doesn't sell as much it will still have better software and be far more accurate than Kinect (as it stands right now) regardless of winning over the group that made carnival games such a success. (newsflash: the move is a solid product and it offers quality games, the carnival games' crowd is NOT the target audience) Move will release good enough games that the core gaming demographic will support it enough. (Killzone 3, MLB the show, Tiger Woods 11, Socom 4, LBP2, echochrome 2, Resident evil 5, Dead Space, etc.)

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JOLLY15737d ago

Does that mean that you actually care about the product or did you mean to write couldn't care less? I am just curious...

gamesmaster5737d ago

Im not buying move or kinect.. call me old fashioned but motion controls just dont do it for me, and jumping around without anything in my hand, again doesnt do it for me. i'd rather spend the money on 2 or 3 AAA games i havn't got round to yet, im sure others would agree.

Roper3165737d ago

I definitely agree with you on that. Give me a game over a motion controller any day of the week.

The Meerkat5737d ago

Kinect is new.
Move is just Wiimote ++

zootang5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Did you watch E3?

Oh and it's funny they mention kinect as 3D, yet they have not shown one person playing side onwards. They face dead centre straight on

Bigpappy5737d ago

You just answered your own question. THe funny thing is you didn't even know.

3D means you can do left, right, back and forward. 2D means you have you have to turn side to side like that kungfu game for the PS-eye.

AssassinHD5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Following that logic:

Kinect is just EyeToy++

Edit: I know I am lowering myself by contributing to the trolling, but my response is true. Using Meerkat's logic that Move is just a Wiimote ++ (1 plus for more accuracy, 1+ for camera interface), then Kinect is also just an EyeToy++ (1+ for 3D body tracking, 1+ for interface integration). I am even ok with calling it an EyeToy+++ (one extra plus for infrared).

Edit: @ below

I don't want to use that logic actually. That is Meerkat's logic. I also realize that the EyeToy was not the first motion capturing camera, but that just means that Kinect is even less of an innovative idea doesn't it?

Personally I would rather not compare either product to another. Kinect, as it is designed, is different from other products. Move, as it is designed, is different from other products.

Elven65737d ago

NO! If you want to use that logic fine but it and the other camera's are DreamEye+++

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

corneliuscrust5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

maps your basic skeletal structure, and captures your movements with Z data. That third dimension is actually a pretty big deal.

ryuzu5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

"Its simples
Kinect is new Eyetoy.
Move is just Wiimote ++"

Just fixed the typo there - I knew what you meant though.

I'll tell ya - Sony are on to a massive winner if they've produced a WiiHD before Ninty.

r.

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maddhatter1235737d ago

the funny thing is kinect showed more wii game clones then move.

Megahurtz19865737d ago

New How? You mean like that Eye Toy thing for Playstation 2? Wow it must be the future. I love 2003 lol

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gamesmaster5737d ago

lmao at the kid in red, he turns.. looks at his parents.. looks at screen.. *wtf am i doing*

i think he'll grow up to be the hardcore gamer of the family.

ingiomar5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Move is alot more expensive for when you want to play with more people lets say everyone with a playstation already owns the playstation eye if you want to play with two people you have to buy Navigation 2x ($100) and two sub controllers ($60)

thats $160 for move and $150 for kinect while with kinect you can play with up to 4(depends which game) people at once.. if you wanna do that with move its $320 which is insane if you ask me

@coolcut135

I know that but still is expensive $200... that is if you have already have 4 DS3,s

but lets say you probably already have 2
2 Dualshock(3) controllers $70 ($35 to $40 each) which is more expensive then sub controllers

thats still $270 in total

coolcut1355737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

u dont necessarily need the sub controller, ds3 works just fine as a replacement.

ElementX5737d ago (Edited 5737d ago )

Would you use a DS3? The grips aren't very large, younger people may not be able to hold it very effectively or if you get sweaty palms the controller will slide right out.

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