Heck yeah!"When Kinect went on sale in Japan, there was a big promotional event at a retailer in Akihabara. Over a hundred people lined up, and roughly half of them are now in possession of a very valuable collectible.The first 51 people in line received “Kinect Love” t-shirts signed by idols Jurina Matsui and Rena Matsui. Both of replica Vacheron Constantin 25540.000G.9109 Ladie's watch them are members of the popular music group SKE48 and appeared in the Japanese Kinect ads.Over at Japan's Yahoo! Auctions, one of those signed Kinect Love t-shirts is up for grabs. Bidding started at 2,000 (US$24) and is, at the time of posting, over 97,000 ($1,156). Keep in mind, this lot also includes a small photo signed by both singers.
Shame there isn't this kind of interest in Japan with, you know, the product itself. If only Microsoft had Jurina Matsui and Rena Matsui autograph Kinects all of them.SKE48 it's as if Japanese retail has given up. That's a shame, because Kinect seems to be a truly interesting product.The surprising thing was how the Kinect displays replica Vacheron Constantin Malte Perpetual Men's watch were set up. In some stores, such as where Microsoft held the Kinect launch in Akihabara, there were obvious Kinect displays, and consumers could easily find the product.In other stores, such as a very large electronics store in North Osaka, there were only Kinect pamphlets in the bottom row of the Kinect aisle. Consumers had to ask at the counter if the store had Kinect in store something that doesn't exactly make for easy shopping and clerks then had look in the stock room.
Several clerks I asked weren't even quite sure what Kinect was and had to check with their supervisors. Even though the Japanese Kinect launch looks like a bit of a bust compared to the Times Square blow out, it probably will move more consoles in the weekly hardware sales charts and, who knows, maybe it'll catch on via word of mouth.It is replica Vacheron Constantin 25010000G.9119 Ladie's watch hard to gauge hardware sales and software sales from lines. Long lines do not necessarily mean big sales, and short lines do not necessarily mean low sales. As Japanese game blog Hatimaki points out, when the new PS3 launched, launch lines were short, but the console ended up a success for Sony. We just won't know how Kinect is doing until the official hardware sales chart hits.
