Ubisoft's Tony Key predicted to IndustryGamers that Microsoft's Kinect camera would be "sold out a lot." So far, it would appear that Key's right. USA Today has noted that the Kinect sensor peripheral has sold out at numerous retailers.
According to the newspaper, Amazon.com and GameStop.com were sold out of the Kinect sensor, but had complete Xbox 360 consoles bundled with the sensor ($300 and up) in stock. And while some brick-and-mortar stores had Kinect systems available, others were sold out by late morning.
Target said it experienced "very strong pre-sales" for Kinect, and the retailer did sell out of the Kinect sensor and the 250-gigabyte Xbox 360-Kinect bundle ($400) at its online store. Although Walmart.com and its stores did have Kinect in stock, the leading retail chain warned, "there is going to be very high demand for these products. We will continue to restock throughout the season."
"We've seen a tremendous amount of excitement and demand for (Kinect) and saw lines at our midnight openings around the country," said Best Buy's Chris Homeister. "We are currently sold out online, but we continue to work with Microsoft to obtain product shipments now and throughout the holiday season."
Earlier this week, Microsoft boosted its Kinect sales forecast from 3 million units sold to 5 million, and M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon told us, "I think Microsoft will sell as many Kinect as can be produced and shipped this holiday season
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November 5, 2010
Kinect is going to be "the hot item" this holiday season.