Microsoft KINECTS Sales Exceed Expectations

January 6, 2011

The largest excessive-tech exhibition on the planet, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, introduced some numbers on the Xbox 360. The primary and most vital is clearly the gross sales KINECTS. The Redmond firm indicated it has set itself a goal of 5 million devices by using the tip of festivities.

It seems that, in step with Steve Ballmer, that over eight million units to movement popularity have discovered the best way the houses of gamers international. Eight million devices bought in two months, a excellent efficiency given the uneven high quality of video games at present on hand.

Microsoft’s numbers game for Xbox 360 in 2010:

Xbox & Kinect for Xbox 360

• 8 million: Number of Kinects sold in first 60 days

• 50 million: Xbox 360s sold to date

• 30 million: Number of Xbox LIVE members

At CES, Microsoft also announced that its online service, Xbox Live, now had over 30 million users worldwide. A beautiful figure, since, according to its CEO, the company has sold over 50 million Xbox 360 in the world. And Steve Ballmer to drive the point home by stating that a"new member connects to Xbox Live every 2 seconds" .

Microsoft also introduced KINECTS Avatar, a program that lets you interact with your contacts through his avatar Xbox Live, which reproduces your movements and facial expressions. This software should be available this spring and will be free for subscribers (paying) Xbox Live Gold.