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# Microsoft Kinect supplies 'running low'
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## Many high street retailers have already sold out of their pre-order
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allocation of Microsoft's new controller-free gaming system, sparking fears of
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a Christmas shortage.
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![Microsoft Kinect demo][1]
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Microsoft said it was 'working hard' to ensure sufficient supplies of its
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Kinect gaming system were in shops at Christmas
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By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor 12:00PM BST 15 Oct 2010
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[Comments][2]
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[**Microsoft Kinect review**][3]** **
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Several stores, including Game and Play.com, have already sold out of their
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pre-order allocation of the Kinect gaming system, which officially goes on
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sale on Nov 10.
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**[Kinect][4]**, previously known as Project Natal, does away with the need
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for controllers, and instead uses a camera, connected to an Xbox 360 games
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console, to capture gestures and movement made by players and translate it in
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to on-screen action.
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The shortage of Kinect systems has lead to worries that the peripheral, which
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is expected to be a big seller this Christmas, could be in short supply during
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the festive period.
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A note on the Play.com website states that supplies "are extremely limited"
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and are being allocated to retailers by **[Microsoft][5]**.
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## Related Articles
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* [Microsoft Kinect launches Nov 10][6]
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17 Aug 2010
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* [Xbox 360 product director Aaron Greenberg interview][7]
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23 Sep 2010
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* [E3 2010: Microsoft Xbox 360 briefing analysis][8]
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15 Jun 2010
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* [E3 2010: Kinect line-up for Xbox 360 revealed][9]
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15 Jun 2010
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* [E3 2010: Microsoft releases new Xbox 360][10]
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15 Jun 2010
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* [Microsoft Kinect: Project Natal official name revealed at E3 2010][11]
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14 Jun 2010
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"Therefore, we cannot guarantee to ship your order for launch," warns
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Play.com. "Orders of Kinect [including the bundled game Kinect Adventures] are
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strictly limited to one per customer."
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The high price of the system - which retails for around £130 and doesn't
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include an Xbox 360 console - was expected to put many consumers off,
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particularly those who had already invested in a "casual" gaming system such
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as the Nintendo Wii, or Sony's rival format, the PlayStation Move.
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But Microsoft said demand had been "exceptionally high", and that the company
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was working hard to ensure there were enough units available for Christmas
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shoppers.
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"Pre-orders have demonstrated that there is exceptional consumer excitement
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and demand for Kinect, and we will continue to work hard to ensure that Kinect
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for Xbox 360 is available for the Christmas season," said Microsoft in a
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statement.
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Retailers are expected to receive an additional allocation of Kinect stock
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ahead of its official Nov 10 launch, to be sold in-store on a first-come,
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first-served basis.
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**[Buy the Xbox 360 Console with Kinect Sensor and Kinect Adventures for
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£299.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][12]][13]![][14]**
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[**Buy the Xbox 360 Console with Kinect Sensor and Kinect Adventures for
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$399.99 from _Amazon.com_![][12]**][15]**![][16]**
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* Share: [Share][17] [ ][19] [ ][20]
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[Tweet][21]
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/8066076/Microsoft-Kinect-
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supplies-running-low.html
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Telegraph
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## [Microsoft][22]
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* ### [Technology »][23]
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* ### [Technology News »][25]
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In technology
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[![Kinect interface for the Xbox 360 will cost 129.99 with bundled Kinect
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Adventures launch title][26] ][27]
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### [Microsoft Kinect review][27]
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