It is second to Nintendo, it has Project Natal coming out this year, and it turns in a profit for the company.

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Among the possible highlights: more details on Project Natal, the motion-capture videogame control-scheme Microsoft introduced last year, and a new tablet computer effort.

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Previously called Project Natal, Kinect will hit store shelves on November 4 starting in the US, and then to the rest of the world.

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