[Boofo]

I wasn't at CES 2011, so I have no idea what stats were discussed there. I don't put a whole lot of stock in stats anyway, as they are usually doctored one way or the other.

Kinect is like the iPad. It is the top of the line right now but as with the iPad, others are catching up and passing it. Microsoft got lucky for once, but you know how their luck usually goes.

Did they ever fix the problem with darker skins not working right with it?

Also, I found this interesting in the link you posted:

Reliability

In the September 2009 issue of Game Informer magazine, survey results were published in which among nearly 5000 readers who responded, 54.2% of those who owned an Xbox 360 had experienced a console failure for that system, compared with 10.6% for PlayStation 3, and 6.8% for Wii.[170]

In August 2009, warranty provider SquareTrade published console failure rate estimates, in which the proportion of its customers reporting a system failure in the first two years is 23.7% for Xbox 360, 10.0% for PlayStation 3, and 2.7% for Wii.