10 Million Kinect, Crap Thats A Lot

So Kinect came out on what, November 4th?  That was only 4 months ago, and in that time Microsoft has managed to go and sell not only 10 million Kinect units but 10 million stand alone games (assuming this does not count Kinect Adventures).  Now this is world wide but that is still an impressive number, and Guinness agrees.  Microsoft now holds the record for Kinect being the fastest-selling consumer electronics device.  To get this they sold 8 Million units in the first 2 months.  Gaz Deaves, Gaming Editor for Guinness World Records, had not seen any faster sales according to their independent researchers.

So 4 months down and sales look like they are going to stay strong, but now here is the question I have for Microsoft.  We have seen the rumors that a new console is in the works over at Redmond, will Kinect work with this new console.  Since I do plan to buy one soon I sure hope so.

Pokémon Shatter Sales Record

Pikachu in line to get his copySo March 6th heralded the release of two new Pokemon titles; Pokémon Black and Pokémon White for the Nintendo DS game systems.  With their release came a new Pokémon sales record. Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl games held the previous record with a one-day sale record 780,000 copies sold in April of 2007.  Pokémon Black and Pokémon White broke this record with 1.08 million copies sold in 1 day.  

Now why are so many people attracted to this? Lets check this convient quote from the press release shall we:

"Longtime Pokémon fans are attracted to the new Pokémon, new battle systems and a new region to explore, while newcomers enjoy the ability to jump in and have fun right away,” said Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America’s senior director of Corporate Communications. “These sales numbers illustrate the continued strength of the Nintendo DS family of systems. Already established as the nation’s best-selling video game platform of all time, the installed base of more than 47 million makes it the ideal hand-held for developers to reach a huge gaming-focused target audience."

So there you have it.  More areas to explore, more Pokémon to collect (how the hell are you supposed to collect them all now?) and a new battle system are luring 47 million fans to the game.   So grab your copies and try to collect all 649 Pokémon.