Microsoft: We'll sell 5 million Kinects in 2010

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/images/kinfinal-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has announced that Microsoft expects to have sold 5 million Xbox Kinects by the end of 2010, in line with the company's early predictions</P><br /><P>The Kinect for Xbox 360 is a key product for Microsoft, expanding its popular Xbox 360 console into a more family-friendly offering by bringing motion and voice control.</P><br /><P>Speaking at the 2010 annual shareholders meeting, Microsoft CEO Ballmer explained that the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/microsoft-shifts-1-million-kinects-in-10-days-908561">1 million landmark announced recently</A> was just the tip of the iceberg. </P><br /><P><STRONG>Revolutionary</STRONG></P><br /><P>"Yesterday we announced that we have sold 1 million Kinects in the first 10 days," said Ballmer."We expect to sell five million units by the end of 2010."</P><br /><P>Ballmer had previously explained that the Xbox's success has been a massive boon for Microsoft and that Kinect was a 'revolutionary' arrival. </P><br /><P>"The Xbox has been at number one in the console sales market for the last five months in the US, said Ballmer. </P><br /><P>"Kinect is a revolutionary way to play games with your body and your voice; no controllers, no headsets or wands or wires."</P>

Microsoft: We'll sell 5 million Kinects in 2010

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has announced that Microsoft expects to have sold 5 million Xbox Kinects by the end of 2010, in line with the ...

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Microsoft shifts 1 million Kinects in 10 days

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/images/kinfinal-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Microsoft has sold a million Kinect motion control kits for the Xbox 360 after only ten days on sale.</P><br /><P>The game console and computing giant announced the milestone on its <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/nov10/11-15NineMillionPR.mspx">own website this week.</A></P><br /><P><STRONG>Target of 5 million </STRONG></P><br /><P>The plan is to sell a whopping 5 million units by the end of 2010, with Kinect looking set to be the 'must-have' toy for both hardcore and casual gamers this coming Christmas.</P><br /><P>Microsoft recently announced that the next <EM>Star Wars</EM> and <EM>Forza</EM> games due for release later in 2011 will both be fully Kinect-compatible, giving hope to the legions of hardcore gamers who have to date been unimpressed with the launch line-up of games for the new motion-control tech. </P><br /><P>Microsoft's head of interactive entertainment, Don Mattrick, has this to say about the Kinect sales to date:</P><br /><P>"We are appreciative of the response we have seen from consumers that has culminated in sales of more than 1m units in the first 10 days on the market for Kinect for Xbox 360. </P><br /><P>"This is a great start to the holiday season, and we will continue to work with our retailer partners to keep pace with high demand and deliver against our plan to sell more than 5m Kinect sensors worldwide by the end of this year."</P><br /><P>Kinect is available now at a standalone price of £130.</P>

Microsoft shifts 1 million Kinects in 10 days

Microsoft has sold a million Kinect motion control kits for the Xbox 360 after only ten days on sale. The game console and computing giant a...

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Windows Live team excited by Kinect's video calls

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/consoles/controllers/kinect_video-200-200.jpg"/><p>Microsoft is celebrating the launch of Kinect, but the Xbox 360 team is not the only one in buoyant mood, with the Windows Live team also hoping that the video call functionality of the new arrival will be popular. </p><p>Video Kinect allows people to use their shiny new Kinect to video chat with their messenger friends – even if they only have a more typical web cam. </p><p>"At Windows Live, we're very excited…because it gives our more than 300 million Messenger users worldwide a new way to stay connected with their Messenger friends," <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/11/04/video-kinect-brings-messenger-video-chat-to-the-xbox-360.aspx">blogged Piero Serra</a>. </p><p><strong>At launch</strong></p><p>"At launch, Xbox LIVE Gold members will be able to video chat with friends from their TVs using the new Video Kinect feature," he continued </p><p>"And not only can you video chat from Xbox to Xbox, you can also video chat with your Messenger friends and family from your TV set to their PC or Mac with a webcam."</p><p>The Kinect video chat also offers some enhanced (and some would say eerie) functionality.</p><p>"Kinect's new smart cameras do a lot more than an ordinary computer webcam, automatically panning, zooming, and physically tilting up and down to follow you around the room while you chat," added Serra </p><p>"And if another person walks into the viewing area, the camera automatically reframes the shot to fit everyone in."</p><img border="0" height="1" src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/9809/s/f5efb2c/mf.gif" width="1"/><div class='mf-related'><p>

Windows Live team excited by Kinect's video calls

Microsoft is celebrating the launch of Kinect, but the Xbox 360 team is not the only one in buoyant mood, with the Windows Live team also h...

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