Kinect will ‘blow away’ iPad sales, promises Microsoft

Microsoft bigwig Kudo Tsunoda has estimated that the company’s Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 will “blow away” sales of the iPad. In related news, look for teapots to decimate sales of tangerines and dog collars this holiday season.

I know, I get it. Microsoft has to say its stuff will sell well. And Kinect will do good business, I’m sure. It’s just … I have literally no idea where this comparison came from.

Kinect and the iPad? One is a personal PC tablet starting at $500 that launched months ago, the other is a $150 motion-sensing hands-free games controller. How are these things related?

Here’s what Tsunoda had to say in full:

“The preorders have been really strong. As far as what we’re looking at for Holiday, this is going to be stuff that’ll blow away any of the sales you’ve seen with iPad. The Xbox 360 is already selling better than the Wii and Sony right now. Kinect’s really just going to boost that to a whole new level.”

[Via Gamasutra]