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I am just curious - where are you getting the console costs from? From what I know this information is highly sensitive and even most insiders don't have an acc

I am just curious - where are you getting the console costs from? From what I know this information is highly sensitive and even most insiders don't have an access. Also, what scale do you use to compare costs? From the fact that you call Kinect (sold ~18M [1]) "one of the most popular consumer electronic devices in history" and Move (sold ~15M[2]) "has not taken off" it appears that either you are using some kind of highly non-linear measure or are better informed than almost everybody else. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect#cite_note-18-million-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect#cite_note-18-million-1 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS3_Move#cite_note-15_million-4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS3_Move#cite_note-15_million-4

riffraff 14y ago
I have no idea on the concrete numbers, but the two sources you cite appear to be separated by almost one year (jan/2012 for the Kinect and nov/2012 for the Move one)
- pandaman 14y ago
  Indeed, the sales figures are not synchronous. This is why I asked if GP has some special data, because the publically available one does not confirm his/her assertions.
sordidfellow 14y ago
Found a newer source than the wikipedia citiations: http://www.hypable.com/2013/02/12/kinect-sales-reach-24-million-76-million-xbox-360s-sold/ http://www.hypable.com/2013/02/12/kinect-sales-reach-24-mill... 24 Million Kinects and 76 million XBoxes!
- pandaman 14y ago
  Thanks. So even with the most up to date numbers Kinect does not seem to be crushing Move.
Kilus 14y ago
That's comparing the number of Kinects sold to total Move controllers which include people buying multiple controllers and the Navigation controller.
InclinedPlane 14y ago
The figures for the PS3 are well known. And the Wii/Wii-U's profitability per unit is also well known and publicly admitted. With any console you can generally just look at the parts list and compare costs to retail.
- pandaman 14y ago
  >The figures for the PS3 are well known. From what source? >And the Wii/Wii-U's profitability per unit is also well known and publicly admitted. Really? And Xbox, I figure, is also "well known"? >With any console you can generally just look at the parts list and compare costs to retail. True, if you know the costs of parts you can do this.

riffraff 14y ago

I have no idea on the concrete numbers, but the two sources you cite appear to be separated by almost one year (jan/2012 for the Kinect and nov/2012 for the Move one)

pandaman 14y ago
Indeed, the sales figures are not synchronous. This is why I asked if GP has some special data, because the publically available one does not confirm his/her assertions.

sordidfellow 14y ago

Found a newer source than the wikipedia citiations: http://www.hypable.com/2013/02/12/kinect-sales-reach-24-million-76-million-xbox-360s-sold/ http://www.hypable.com/2013/02/12/kinect-sales-reach-24-mill... 24 Million Kinects and 76 million XBoxes!

pandaman 14y ago
Thanks. So even with the most up to date numbers Kinect does not seem to be crushing Move.

Kilus 14y ago

That's comparing the number of Kinects sold to total Move controllers which include people buying multiple controllers and the Navigation controller.

InclinedPlane 14y ago

The figures for the PS3 are well known. And the Wii/Wii-U's profitability per unit is also well known and publicly admitted. With any console you can generally just look at the parts list and compare costs to retail.

pandaman 14y ago
>The figures for the PS3 are well known. From what source? >And the Wii/Wii-U's profitability per unit is also well known and publicly admitted. Really? And Xbox, I figure, is also "well known"? >With any console you can generally just look at the parts list and compare costs to retail. True, if you know the costs of parts you can do this.