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With Microsoft’s recent opening of about 10 new stores, and the almost exact copy of the apple store employees. (If you are not sure what i’m talking about, just Google, “Microsoft Store employees” and then “Apple Store Employees”). Aside from the store competition, Microsoft and Apple have been competing to gain the highest amount of sales per new product. Recently Apple released the iPad, and a few months later the Microsoft Kinect was launched.

“The adoption rate of the iPad was celebrated as the fastest ever in electronics history. Now, less than a year after the tablet’s launch, Microsoft has usurped that distinction with Kinect.” (Huffington Post Tech) Within its first 25 days of launch the Kinect sold 2.5 million units, the iPad sold 3 million units in the first 80 days, more than three times longer than it took the Kinect to sell almost the same amount.

The Kinect had Black Friday on its side as Microsoft said they gained most of their sales from that single day. And Microsoft’s Kinect which sells for around $140 without the console, is around half as expensive as Apple’s iPad, which starts at $500. “The two are also very different devices, one a gaming accessory to be used in the home, the other a portable tablet computer. Still, the numbers suggest Microsoft has a hit on its hands, good news for a company looking for an ‘in’ with consumers and high hopes of enticing non-gamers to fire up their Xbox.” (Huffington Post Tech) Microsoft not only received a spot next to Apple, but it is also giving other gaming systems (Wii and PlayStation Move) a run for their money as the Kinect requires no controllers, just your body. “You are the Controller”, Microsoft has on their add. Microsoft also hopes to sell 5 million units throughout the holiday season.

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