Microsoft Tells Shoppers to Get Kinect ASAP

Nothing like a little artificial scarcity to motivate the undecided.

Sooo, it's time to buy a couple and sell them on eBay in 3 weeks when the demand is high?

Yes 1 million sold in 2 weeks is faking it jhansonxi .

Where were you when Apple had shortages of their iphone and it took them 72 days to reach the 1 million dollar mark? (shortages but you said nothing)
Oh wait this even beats the ipad 1 million sold in 28 days ( you still said nothing).

In fact will probably sell 2 million in 28 days... but if there is a shortage - of course its fake.

Nothing moves products better than scare tactics.

Hey! Did you hear? All the TP manufactures went of off business, act fast get your TP now while it lasts!

Sorry for double posting but some reason there is no edit function.......

So... Microsoft is saying that they are going to sell out just before Black Fridays and Cyber Monday sales, some reason I highly doubt that stores dont have plenty extra in stock to sell on the biggest sales day of the year.

And FYI "fuss" doesnt change my mind. Good quality, usefull products do.

The bean industry sold 1 million cans of beans this year. You had better buy you cans now because the industry is predicting a flatulence shortage this holiday season. Please. Give me a break. M$ can go blow it's hot air someplace else. I'm not interested.

Thank goodness people are stupid and don't think these things through, it makes marketing people's jobs easier. Nowhere in the law of supply and demand does the supply magically increase if everyone buys it this week instead of later.

Everyone rushing out to buy one == selling out quicker

Artificial scarcity comes from Microsoft withholding stock, not by being out of stock. Microsoft says they're running out, but small amounts keep trickling into retailers to keep-up the hype. 1 million in 10 days is impressive, except when you consider that a single game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, sold 7 million copies in 24 hours. Microsoft probably made 10million Kinects. If you went to Best Buy and saw 500 units on the shelf, you might wait until better games came out, or to see if it was even worth it because "hey, there are plenty units left". By shipping only a small percentage of their units out at a time, people see "oh no, one kinect left, better buy it". Of course, after it sells out, the store gets another shipment next week, and the week after, and people keep seeing dwindling stock and think "better buy it now". This isn't a Microsoft tactic, its a well-known retail tactic.

Run! Fast! M$ is selling crap!

I never ran to get a 360, so why should I care about any 360 add-on?

Did it ever occur to any of you geniuses, that maybe Microsoft is letting people know of an upcoming shortage to help avoid some of the negative press that other companies experienced in light of hardware shortages? Hardware takes more time and effort to manufacture than just burning a bunch of COD: Black Ops DVDs.

At least they saying sold and not the favorite "shipped" (which means nothing). But on a side note, lots in stock here in Canada. Personally I don't care for Kinect, I kinda like to have something in my hand when playing games, controller is the best, motion controllers are the next best. I look at is this way, are all the best things in life something you can hold, lol.

I bought one the day they were released because I thought it would be fun for when my friends and their kids came over. that is $162 down the drain. It is the glitchiest piece of crap ever. There is going to be a ton of the these flooding back into the stores and online auctions soon. The Move has this beat handily. The tracking on the Kinect is okay at its best but when it messes up it messes up big. Just steer clear of this until they have better software to back the somewhat impressive hardware.

Heck No!

Windows 7 is enough Steve.

I got wunderbra PS3 with Move and Gran Turismo 5 pre ordered..ahh........

Lolz... Looks like they're getting worried about it's success already.

[quote="kithkarnon"]I look at it this way, all the best things in life something you can hold, lol.[/quote]

Hmm.. That's a good philisophy. I like that.

I don't have an XBOX 360 so why should I be buying it?

From all the advertisements for Kinect, I just don't want to look like a douche in front of my TV. At least with the Wii, you have a controller and you look life half a douche.

This will surely add fuel to the flame.

Next week: Microsoft posts 2M Kinects sold.

It's all about the impulsive buyers. Same thing happened with the ipod, ipad, iphone.

I know people who have PC, XBOX 360, Wii, PS3, everything, because of impulsive buying and the fact that they have the money.

2M Kinects sold because of the fact that it's a new technology.

Everyone bought a Wii until they realised it's limitations.

I wonder if Kinect technology is coming out for PC?

Would be fun to control your desktop with flicks of the hand.

The thing has sold over 1 million in 10 days...hullo...I don't think this is just M$'s scare tactics...Not only that, MS raised their estimates from 3 million to 5 million...you can only produce the thing so fast, since you have to worry about things like....oooh quality. Let me guess, the people yelling scare tactics would probably LOVE to see M$ rush Kinect devices out and have another RROD like situation, no doubt. M$ is giving consumers a heads up...buy it early, JUST like Nintendo did before the 2nd holiday period...they can only produce them so fast.

I love Microsoft and the 360, but forget the stupid Kinect. It's made for casual gamer idiots who want to flail their arms around in front of their TV. I bought a launch 360, and I now own an Elite 360...I'm not buying the resdesigned 360, nor am I buying this overpriced EyeToy junk. Please stick to making innovations with the console - I'm more apt to someday give in and buy a redesigned 360, but the Kinect is to convince those people who were wanting a Wii but want better graphics.

No thanks, I had a Wii and I hated the thing. Terrible graphics, mediocre games, mediocre control - there's just nothing it excels at. I like my 360 the most but I like my PS3 too (Classic PS3 - not the crappy new thin one with no backward compatability, that was a fail move but I'm going off-topic). Trying to push this stupid toy onto me will just result in me becoming a louder critic of the thing. If it was $80 or even $100 I'd just say - eh, whatever, but $150? With their cost being $56 on the thing, uh-uh I don't think so. Down with the Kinect, the Move and the Wii - stop focusing on idiot motion controls and make new consoles already!!!

Not sure the scarcity of this item is artificial... But I got two already... on launch day... YAY ME?

Yeah.. here I am running to the store... not!

Kinect... hmmm... if I want to be active, I'll go out and jog or play sports. I 'll get fresh air and some sun...

The whole point of Consoles was to lay in front of the TV, be lazy, chill and play your favorite game... and now what? Am I suppose to jump around like a freak...
Just wait until fat slobs and dumb kids start getting hurt... lawsuits will be flying around