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Can Kinect revolutionise the market?
While initial consumer reaction to the Kinect appears to be positive, it is too early to ascertain whether this new concept in gaming will revolutionise the market. Its social-oriented games ...
Microsoft offers Kinect as Christmas Quiz prize
Members of the winning team at the MCV/Xbox 360 Christmas Quiz will each receive the most talked about new product of the year, Kinect.
Asda clarifies Kinect launch stock
UPDATE: Asda has confirmed that it will have free stock of both the solus Kinect SKU and the Kinect hardware bundle for the launch of Microsoft's motion device tomorrow.
GameStop thinks Kinect will trump Move
Leading global games retail GameStop has predicted that Kinect will emerge as the winner in the fight of the next-gen motion controllers.
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OPINION: Retail's two day hurricane
The last couple of years have been tough on the High Street. But that isn't the impression you get when you look at what retail has in store this week.
Dance Central DLC hits Xbox Live
Developer Harmonix has released the first DLC for Dance Central on Xbox Live ahead of the game’s arrival in the UK on Wednesday – the same day, of course, that ...
Kinect could create 2.5m new 360 owners this Q4
The arrival of Kinect could provide a significant boost to the installed user base of Xbox 360 this quarter, according to predictions from M2 Research’s senior analyst Billy Pidgeon.
PS3 predicted to win Xmas console war
A new survey has suggested the PS3 could be the best-selling console this Christmas.
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GAME: Day one important for Kinect
Though Microsoft’s long-term approach to Kinect will undoubtedly lead to a long tail for Kinect on the High Street, retailer GAME has told MCV that the new peripheral needs to ...
Move's 250k headstart over Kinect
Kinect may be stealing all the headlines, but Sony has come out fighting with a £13m ad blitz to drive the PlayStation business in Q4.
The busiest 48 hours in UK games retail history
Tuesday and Wednesday next week just might be the most lucrative two days in games retail history.
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MS ups Kinect sales estimates
As Kinect goes on sale for the first time in America today, Microsoft has significantly increased its projected sales for the device in the current quarter.
OPINION: Kinecting with the market
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MS: We’ll sell more 360s this year than in ‘09
Microsoft’s European VP of Interactive Entertainment Chris Lewis that his company will “definitely” sell more Xbox 360 consoles in 2010 than it did in 2009 thanks to the uplift it ...
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Kudo shrugs off Kinect criticism
The man behind Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect has shrugged off the less then enthusiastic response that the motion camera has received from some elements of the internet games community.
Dance Central 2 in the works
Harmonix has laid out the long-term plan for its Kinect launch title Dance Central, with pre-production already underway on a sequel.
Dance Central not possible on Move/Wii
With its ability to track the movement of 20 limbs, Kinect is well-suited to Dance Central and its hundreds of dance moves.
High Street ready for Kinect launch frenzy
Leading retailers are planning special Kinect charts and in-store demo areas to celebrate the peripheral’s arrival next week – despite a complete sell-out nationwide.
US: Dance Central recalled
Publishers MTV and Microsoft have recalled all copies of Kinect title Dance Central in North America.
MS expects critical and commercial mismatch
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has admitted that the review scores for some of its Kinect launch titles are unlikely to match the adulation given to the likes of Halo ...
PS3 could catch Xbox 360 in two years
The worldwide install base of PS3 is now just 5.4m units behind that of Xbox 360, according to the latest numbers from Sony and Microsoft.
Microsoft talks PlayStation Move
Aaron Greenberg, the product director for Microsoft in the US, has described the PlayStation Move controller as a “great product” but claimed that Kinect will open up the Xbox 360 ...
