Xbox 360's Kinect Gaining Appeal Among Non-360 Gamers, finds Study

nice numbers.....of course nearly 90% of ps3 owners will buy it, thats a given....now the 360 owners we are on the fence in a way only because of the hardcore crowd but I think it will smooth itself out down the line with Kinect. there are rumors that Capcom may do a Streetfighter for kinect down the line I'm sure the hardcore will love it ...but I'm more into what Nintendo is gonna do, seeing that they might just lose at least 20-25% of the marketshare in the next two years to Sony and MS respectively, will this force their hand to bring out a new console?

by the way i do own all three so i know i will be buying "move" and "kinect" in holiday season

I think that if you put a bunch of casual/non-gamers in a room with both Kinect and Move--the majority of them would probably be more impressed by Kinect. This is of course do to the fact that you can control connect with either simple hand gestures or voice commands. It also confirms that we are getting that much closer to the future all those 80's and 90's sci-fi movies told us we would eventually get to.

However, this doesn't mean that those same impressed casual/non-gamers would rush out to grab Kinect over the Move. It just means that upon initial experience(playing games with a Wii-like wand or playing them with no controller at all) they'd probably make the Kinect controller the preferred watercooler topic.

Kinect has the sexy factor of offering things that haven't quite been seen before - whether that will be enough to get people to pony up (probably) $149 remains to be seen.

Those are not "This will save our Q4 sales!" type numbers. I think consumers will be slow to pick up these units unless there's compelling, gotta-have software for it. Nintendo did this successfully with previous hardware add-ons, using Starfox and Donkey Kong titles to gain impressive penetration of the installed base. Sony and Microsoft seem to be trying not to use this tactic, and I don't know why. Even a very vaguely Halo-associated title would sure spark a lot more interest in Kinect... unless the hardware creates such lag any kind of Halo title isn't practical.

To be fair, for the target demographic of the casual gamer of Microsoft, the price is not just Kinect but also the price of an XBox360 and a game. (ie something in the neighborhood of 199+150+50*)(assumes $50 price for Kinect games) so the true price is 399 for the arcade with Kinect or 499 for the HD Based system.

That is a much tougher sell than the $99 for the Move Starter pack(+$40 for Move specific games other than Sports Champions) I believe Sony is targeting existing PS3 owners as the data above suggests.

As we all know from Government Tax Withholding (at least in the US) and the wireless phone, it is much easier to get someone to pay smaller ongoing payments (Move like approach) then the larger initial purchase (Kinect).

Of course this could all change if Microsoft comes out between now and November and adds core title support to Kinect or decides to take a big loss on the product (price it lower than $100 and throw in their best game).

One good thing is that we will get to compare the results separately as Sony is launching Move earlier in September so we will have sales results even before Kinect arrives and then after Kinect launches.