I plugged in the Kinect to my Xbox this evening, and it's ready to go. Free is awesome. I almost feel guilty for it, because I never really gave any feedback during the beta when I had one. I never even submitted feedback for the dashboard updates. It all just kind of worked for me.
Anyway, I was surprised to see that Microsoft announced that they plan to sell 5 million before the end of the year, based on pre-sale, instead of 3 million as planned. That's pretty amazing. I have no idea if this is a margin device or they sell it at a loss, but that's still pretty cool. When I first saw it early this year, I was blown away by the potential, so it will be fun to see what game developers do with it.
Next week, Windows Phone 7 launches. Crossing my fingers for a great year, because as critical as I am sometimes of the company, it doesn't nearly deserve the kind of crap it gets from the press.
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