Microsoft Moves 1 Million Kinects in Ten Days

 

Microsoft announced on Monday that they have sold over 1 million Kinect units in 10 days. The interesting new technology first went on sale on November 4th and was impossible to get, in my area and many others, for days after. Analysts expect Microsoft to meet 5 million units sold before the end of 2010.

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last two years, Kinect was acquired by Microsoft from an Israeli company known as PrimeSense. Microsoft then refined and added a ton of money and R&D into the project. Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled the former “Project Natal” device as the Xbox Kinect and people started to take notice of the interesting new technology.
Capitalizing on the motion-based hit, Nintendo’s Wii, the Xbox add-on adds even more intrigue to this genre of motion gaming by tracking a users motion using three cameras.
Xbox is already considered the leader in most hard-core gamer circles, but the addition of Kinect adds the young children and family segment that is now storming the gaming industry.
One Million units in ten days is a good indicator hat there is alot of interest in the device, but whether the Kinect continues to be relevant or whether users play it twice and drop it like many do with the Wii, remains to be seen. I’m more interested in Kinects future implications with Microsoft Windows.