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Demand For Microsoft Kinect Controller Stronger In The UK?

Demand For Microsoft Kinect Controller Stronger In The UK?

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It seems that demand for the Microsoft Kinect Controller in the UK is apparently stronger than in the US at least when it comes to figures disclosed that can be extracted from Amazon's bestsellers list. The Kinect sensor on its own is ranked 63rd in the US while other controllers like the Wii Motion Plus and the Wii Nunchuck controller, both by Nintendo are in the top 25; Sony's Playstation Move controller is at the 86th place. In the UK however, the peripheral is...



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