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Day one sales numbers pegged at just 40,000 units as Microsoft faces uphill battle in competitive smartphone sector

A report from TheStreet claims that on its first day of release Microsoft sold just 40,000 Windows Phone 7 units. TheStreet adds that the number doesn’t account for the 89,000 free Windows Phone 7 devices that were handed out to Microsoft employees. The numbers are thon into stark contrast when …

Speaking at the launch gathering for Xbox 360 Kinect in London last night, the device’s creative director Kudo Tsunoda has confirmed that players should be able to get their hands on the still mysterious Kinect Star Wars game this time next year. We have a Kinect Star Wars game coming …

It seems that the possibility remains that BBC’s live TV and catch-up service iPlayer could yet make the move to Xbox Live. Speaking to Eurogamer, UK Xbox boss Stephen McGill stated: There are conversations going on.” McGill went on to reiterate the points raised by European boss Neil Thompson in …

O2 has announced it is selling Microsoft’s Kinect as part of a special Christmas gaming package for its customers. Anyone eligble for an upgrade on their Pay Monthly tariff will be able to pick up 250GB Xbox 360 and Kinect with Kinect Adventures for 189.99 on a 25 24-month contract. …

David Braben has again said that his studio’s upcoming title Kinectimals will not include any tech developed for the Lionhead project Milo & Kate. Speaking to VG247 during the Kinect launch party in London last night, the Frontier boss was asked what contribution Lionhead tech had made to the game, …

EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has predicted that the global install base of the PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 by the end of 2012. Using a similar method to that used by MCV at the end of October when we made the exact same prediction, Divnich points out that since May …

After all the talk and all the hype, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect is finally on sale in the UK. Following the arrival of Sony’s Move in the UK in September, the launch of Kinect today means that the motion control revolution started by Nintendo last decade has now finally spread …

Members of the winning team at the MCV/Xbox 360 Christmas Quiz will each receive the most talked about new product of the year, Kinect. They’ll also receive an Xbox 360 to use it with and a copy of Kinect Adventures to get them started. The quiz takes place at London’s …

UPDATE: Asda has confirmed that it will have free stock of both the solus Kinect SKU and the Kinect hardware bundle for the launch of Microsoft’s motion device tomorrow. "After working hard with Microsoft to ensure day one availability we have reached a position where we will have stock for …