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Microsoft expect to sell 5 Million Kinect gaming systems
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 04 November 2010, 20:02 IST
Bangalore: During this holiday shopping season, Microsoft is expecting to sell 5 million of its new controller-free Kinect gaming systems, potentially adding $750 million to the software company's revenue this quarter. In September, the company forecast 3 million Kinect sales.
There will be midnight events at 5,000 U.S. stores to mark the launch of the new product. By late-afternoon, about 100 people had formed a line outside Toys R Us in New York's Times Square, where Microsoft is holding a splashy launch and is giving away free games to early customers.
The $150 device, which plugs into Microsoft's Xbox gaming console and allows users to play games simply by using gestures and voice commands, goes on sale at midnight in 30,000 stores across U.S. Microsoft is hoping to challenge Sony Corp's Move and Nintendo Co's Wii in the expanding motion-based gaming market, and reinvigorate the $60 billion global video game industry, which has been hit hard by the economic downturn.
