Since Kinect sales have been stellar which means it’s no surprise that we now have Kinect shortages to write about. After shifting over 2.5m Kinect packs to a market baying for next-gen motion control smarts, Microsoft has got itself into the Wii paradox – demand severely outstripping supply with folk accusing it of restricting the flow of Kinect to keep the buzz louder than a hive of angry bees. But Microsoft execs told GamesIndustry.biz that the Kinect shortages are real, not constructed…
Neil Thompson, UK and Ireland general manager for Xbox, says: “The choices you always have are – do we launch in November or do we wait until February, March when we could hit some bigger launch numbers but then we miss Christmas. It takes time to scale.” He says Microsoft was determined to get Kinect in people’s hands for Christmas but now it looks like you could be hunting high and low for your own Kinect.
