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    News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Kinect sold out all over the place...a good time to upgrade?
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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

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    Seems stupid that they hype the product so much and never have enough for demand they create...

    All to do with the money I guess.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Quote Originally Posted by PeterStoba View Post
    ...Seems stupid that they hype the product so much and never have enough for demand they create...

    All to do with the money I guess.
    I would imagine its completely deliberate as stories of it selling out will create more demand. Its straight from the Apple school of marketing.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Quote Originally Posted by PeterStoba View Post
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    Seems stupid that they hype the product so much and never have enough for demand they create...

    All to do with the money I guess.
    I wonder that. It does seem this time that there was a shortage before the stories. I had the guy at Game moaning about having a very small amount of stock for preorders and not even any that he can sell in store on the day.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    where i work we aren't doing pre orders except for layby so we still have some left to actually put on sale. that said i think we are only receiving one or two outer boxes which i 5 i think before Christmas
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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Couple more typos

    independent, first line of second para; periperhal down the page; accepting in the last para

    Can't believe anybody would be desperate enough to grab this stuff on day 1, but then I always underestimate humans' obsessions with being first.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    I wonder who much these wil be worth on the ebay price index before xmas.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Quote Originally Posted by Steven W View Post
    I wonder that. It does seem this time that there was a shortage before the stories. I had the guy at Game moaning about having a very small amount of stock for preorders and not even any that he can sell in store on the day.
    My local Gamestation is apparently taking pre-orders for pre-Xmas delivery slots. Not that I'm a prospect because - in a fit of Apple-fanboish stupidity - I've had a pre-order deposit on a Kinect for a while (via Game).

    That said, if anyone wants to offer me a good price then I'd be more than willing to sell on ...

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    How much is the kinect on its own then?

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

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    How much is the kinect on its own then?
    At Game .... £130 for Kinect with Kinect Adventure.

    At that price, I'll give it a miss. Half that, and I might think about it. Under £50 and I'll have one .... so I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    £130. I dont think thats worth it , i would have thought under 100 atleast.

    Oh well, back to the drawing board for kids xmas present.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Other places may be a bit cheaper, especially if you can snag a promotion, but if demand is as high as it appears to be, I'd think deals will be pretty thin on the ground .... kinda like rocking horse droppings, in fact.

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    Re: News - Want Kinect on launch day? You could always upgrade your console

    Quote Originally Posted by mallett View Post
    I would imagine its completely deliberate as stories of it selling out will create more demand. Its straight from the Apple school of marketing.
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