18 Nov
The “5 million by year’s end” claim doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility now. Microsoft has reported that launch sales for the Kinect motion control system have topped 1 million in its first ten days on shelves.
14 Nov
While Microsoft has always stated that the specifications for their Kinect motion sensor camera allowed them to be manufactured on the cheap, the exact profit made on each unit has remained a mystery up until recently. UBM TechInsights reports that the per-unit cost for the Kinect sensor hovers around a mere $56, netting Microsoft a […]
09 Nov
During the European Kinect launch event in London, Kinect creative director Kudo Tsunoda told attending press that the technology used in the motion sensor has been in the works for over ten years. Tsunoda continued to explain that Kinect was intended to replicate a classic arcade experience, where visitors did not have to worry about […]
03 Nov
With the North American launch of Kinect only a day away now, Microsoft’s senior vice president Don Mattrick has stated that the company expects to sell more than 5 million individual Kinect sensors before the end of the current year. Last September, Microsoft indicated it was expecting to sell approximately 3 million units. Mattrick added that […]