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I totally agree that Kinect shortages are intentional.
I haven't heard anything about Move shortages though. If there is such a thing I'd be inclined to believe they're pulling the same thing.
I haven't heard anything about Move shortages though. If there is such a thing I'd be inclined to believe they're pulling the same thing.
Whatever Microsoft is doing, it's pissing our customers right the fuck off that we're incapable of getting more than 4-6 250GB Xbox 360's in stock per MONTH.
Give us the goddamn units Microsoft.
Give us the goddamn units Microsoft.
Intentional shortages on a copy-cat device that only has shitty games so far, and for the more serious games with motion control support, the feature feels tacked on. The wii already did this years ago, and I don't even like the wii.
Pachter is right more often than he's wrong.
I've seen pictures that tell a different story of Kinect than what Microsoft says.
I've seen pictures that tell a different story of Kinect than what Microsoft says.
Why exactly does this matter again?
If your purchasing decision is based primarily on demand, then you probably already have both Move and Kinect along with 8 devices with the letter i prefacing them. I want Kinect because I enjoyed the experience, I haven't gotten one because I'm limited on money.
I got a Move because, for a single second, I bought into the hype only to be severely disappointed by seeing the same shit all over again, now with a new coat of paint. Around here, Kinect is reasonably hard to find, and Move controllers can already be found used at several outlets. No used Kinects as of yet.
In the end, who gives a shit if shortages are real or fake? Buy the fucking thing or don't and stop wasting time launching investigative reports into the world of retail operations. This happens all the time anyway.
If your purchasing decision is based primarily on demand, then you probably already have both Move and Kinect along with 8 devices with the letter i prefacing them. I want Kinect because I enjoyed the experience, I haven't gotten one because I'm limited on money.
I got a Move because, for a single second, I bought into the hype only to be severely disappointed by seeing the same shit all over again, now with a new coat of paint. Around here, Kinect is reasonably hard to find, and Move controllers can already be found used at several outlets. No used Kinects as of yet.
In the end, who gives a shit if shortages are real or fake? Buy the fucking thing or don't and stop wasting time launching investigative reports into the world of retail operations. This happens all the time anyway.
@SonyIchiban
Kinect may be fucking gay but if the balls Sony touch then it isn't gay, kinect has no balls connected to it.
I'm surprised you forgot that.
I know what does have one huge, lit up ball tho. Can you guess what that is?
Kinect may be fucking gay but if the balls Sony touch then it isn't gay, kinect has no balls connected to it.
I'm surprised you forgot that.
I know what does have one huge, lit up ball tho. Can you guess what that is?
Weather the shortages are real or faked...seems like everybody in my family and in my office want Kinect, yet only 1 even knew what Move was.
Love it or hate it, Kinect is gonna sell shitloads.
Love it or hate it, Kinect is gonna sell shitloads.
Did we really need an analyst to tell us this? Nearly every company withholds supplies at first to generate buzz. It's just business.
I have a feeling that he is right too. Implied shortages are just one way of creating increased demand for a product, esp. around the holiday season. It is total bullshit of course, but people fall for it time and again so it will always work. Neither of these "innovations" have the games to justify the purchase imho (yet).
Disclaimer: I am tired of motion gaming. I love Wii games because of their awesomeness and NOT for their stupid tacked-on motion controls. Let me play them all with the classic controller and they have just won the console war! :-)
Disclaimer: I am tired of motion gaming. I love Wii games because of their awesomeness and NOT for their stupid tacked-on motion controls. Let me play them all with the classic controller and they have just won the console war! :-)
So I'm keeping an eye on UK kinect eBay prices as I have a prize one to sell, and, uh, they're less than retail right now.
I'm assuming Orville is Microsoft. And Pachter is the one rooting around the obvious places for the obvious crap.
Nintendo did the same thing with the Wii, Sony did the same thing at the launch of the PS3, MS did it back when the 360 launched. Why does it surprise him they're doing the same thing again?
Honestly Pachter: if you're just going to state the bleeding obvious, I'm surprised anyone pays the money you charge for your reports.
Nintendo did the same thing with the Wii, Sony did the same thing at the launch of the PS3, MS did it back when the 360 launched. Why does it surprise him they're doing the same thing again?
Honestly Pachter: if you're just going to state the bleeding obvious, I'm surprised anyone pays the money you charge for your reports.
I don't think anyone expected much from Move. There just isn't much of a reason to pick the Move up.
I've had a hard time finding Kinect though. Those fuckers are selling faster than I expected.
I've had a hard time finding Kinect though. Those fuckers are selling faster than I expected.
I couldn't get rid of Move units and ran out of Kinect. No one gives a shit about Move because there's nothing to want for it.
Well, at the Game store where I work there are no Kinects but plenty Xbox/Kinect bundles... figure it out for yourselves.
@Sexualchocolate
Hey, SC, you do realize the point of auctions is to pay less than retail price, correct?
Just saying.
Hey, SC, you do realize the point of auctions is to pay less than retail price, correct?
Just saying.
If there's a shortage of PS Move or Kinect in your neighborhood just look up some Future Shop locations. The one around the corner still has Move on the shelves, and Kinects stacked waist high.
Right or wrong, Kottick continues to find new ways to polish the continued perception that he is a douche. Why does he feel he needs to be the one to say this? He comes across like a bloated monster that feels threatened because other bloated monsters might be eating too. Shut up and keep gobbling from your own trough. Clean your own house, fat boy.
Totally agree, I work in a city centre and the 2 Game shops, the gamestation, hmv and grainger games all have shelves heaving under the weight of kinect...and I thought I had to buy one before last weekend to be guaranteed one before Xmas!
I was in one of the dozen local Best Buys about half past noon on Black Friday and there were two Kinects sitting peacefully on the shelf in the the 360 aisle. They looked so cozy there, I didn't disturb them.
Sonychilbans comments have vanished, he must have been banned. Thats cool he wasnt even good at being a troll anyway
I'm pretty sure nobody here even WANTS a lighted bingo marker, let alone TWO(sony's move ad clearly suggests/indicates a requirement of 2 bingo markers to play a FPS, apparently)
As for the kinect, most of us would rather have just the camera to tinker around with it on a pc for our own games/music/web browsing/minecraft spasms and the strange 3d mapping it does(seriously, someone rig up 2 more to work together and see how that goes)
As for the kinect, most of us would rather have just the camera to tinker around with it on a pc for our own games/music/web browsing/minecraft spasms and the strange 3d mapping it does(seriously, someone rig up 2 more to work together and see how that goes)
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