Amazon sales put interest in Kinect over Move

[xXI GaMe IXx]

While it is unclear if either Microsoft's Kinect or Sony's Move will actually move at retail, it's always fun to base prediction off of Amazon's constant tracking of how well it is selling things. Despite the fact that Amazon actually has a pretty small fraction of gaming sales in the U.S. the way their sales go is often the way retail goes as well, and that way seems to be toward Microsoft.

At the moment Kinect holds the number one spot on their top 100 selling videogames list with the Xbox 360 "Slim" right behind it. The first mention of PlayStation Move is the Navigation Controller at 44 and the Move Starter Bundle close behind at 46. Despite the 360 having an ever dwindling lead in number of units sold over the PS3 that big a gap has to be a little frustrating for Sony. This puts the Move, a brand new and recently hyped item, below almost all of Nintendo's controllers for the Wii, which I don't have to tell you have been on the market forever.

Again, Amazon isn't a foregone conclusion when it comes to sales and how the market will move things, but I would have expected the Move to be a bit higher up on the list.



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[Gabriel360]

A good argument I've heard casting doubt on the selling ability of Move is the fact that Sony seems to be aiming it at hardcore gamers who are already satisfied with their current controllers.

Hardcore gamers may be giving Microsoft a lot of crap for the Kinect games they showed at E3, but those games weren't aimed at the hardcore. And maybe that's a good sign for Kinect.

That said, I'm not going to base sales predictions on Amazon's charts. You have to take into account that not everyone who is interested in a product is going to pre-order it. A lot of people are taking a wait-and-see approach. Who knows, we might see PlayStation gamers get totally excited over the Move and run out and buy it when it's released.

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by Gabriel360

A good argument I've heard casting doubt on the selling ability of Move is the fact that Sony seems to be aiming it at hardcore gamers who are already satisfied with their current controllers.

Hardcore gamers may be giving Microsoft a lot of crap for the Kinect games they showed at E3, but those games weren't aimed at the hardcore. And maybe that's a good sign for Kinect.

That said, I'm not going to base sales predictions on Amazon's charts. You have to take into account that not everyone who is interested in a product is going to pre-order it. A lot of people are taking a wait-and-see approach. Who knows, we might see PlayStation gamers get totally excited over the Move and run out and buy it when it's released.

agreed. though i dont consider myself 'hardcore', personally im still waiting to see how well move is implimented in games and which games. i havent seen very much of anything for me to decide. not to mention, are the games themselves any good. if im going to buy move for fps's then move better work well, and the games have to be good as well.

[Gabriel360]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

agreed. though i dont consider myself 'hardcore', personally im still waiting to see how well move is implimented in games and which games. i havent seen very much of anything for me to decide. not to mention, are the games themselves any good. if im going to buy move for fps's then move better work well, and the games have to be good as well.

Yeah, I'm not currently interested in Kinect. Although, I just have a gut feeling that I'm gonna meet a girl who's gonna see Dance Central and totally fall in love with it. And make me dance with her!

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by Gabriel360

Yeah, I'm not currently interested in Kinect. Although, I just have a gut feeling that I'm gonna meet a girl who's gonna see Dance Central and totally fall in love with it. And make me dance with her!

the only thing my wife is interested in is UFC

[Gabriel360]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

the only thing my wife is interested in is UFC

I hope I get that lucky.