Microsoft to spend one billion dollars advertising Kinect and Windows Phone 7

Microsoft’s serious about making Kinect a success. A $500 million kind of serious. That’s the latest report, courtesy of the New York Post , on the change Steve Ballmer and company intend to drop to make sure that every living and breathing creature in the US knows about the controller-free controller this holiday season. That mirrors earlier analyst estimates placing the Windows Phone 7 marketing budget at a similar figure, which in total would amount to a cool billion dollars in advertising expenditure. We already know Microsoft’s scooped the Old Spice Guy for WP7, but Kinect is getting the extra special carpet bombing treatment with Burger King, Pepsi, YouTube, Nickelodeon, Disney, Glee , Dancing with the Stars , People and InStyle magazines, and even Times Square all having a role to play in spreading the word. Yup, it’s gonna be pretty hard to miss it. Continue reading Microsoft to spend one billion dollars advertising Kinect and Windows Phone 7 Microsoft to spend one billion dollars advertising Kinect and Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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