Kinect (Formerly Project Natal) Launch Details

Anyone else surprised with the lack of any hardcore games for Kinect? I kept hoping for a big reveal during the Kinect presentation, but it was all mostly casual stuff.

I think that no price yet means it's going to be more than what they usually led people to believe. Probably 150$ or more ?

GameStop had up a price earlier this afternoon (not sure if it is still there) of Kinect at $149.99 and a bundle with an Arcade 360 for $299 and Elite for $399. I would assume the bundles would be the new 360s, if so that would made it a decent deal to wait around and swap out the consoles when Kinect comes out. Also, it would hopefully give us time to see if there's any potential failure problems out there for the new units.

Of course, GS price could change obviously, but I wouldn't be shocked to see that stick.

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Does this thing use a proprietary connector? There's no way to hook this sensor up to a PC and no PC SDK coming?

I'm already waiting in anticipation for the first bikini girlfriend Kinect youtube video...

I was actually more impressed with the Kinect technology than I expected to be. Both the Dance and the Fitness games had some good things going for them and they both seem to take advantage of the fact that Kinect, with it's full body skeletal tracking, can do certain things which Move and Wii simply can't. I am not particularly interested in the device for myself.. but I'm excited for what it makes possible and the potential of things to come. I could see this being very successful in a few years when/if we see a more powerful Xbox 720 come out with Kinect built into every system out of the box. Then the interface can be built around it and developers of games (including 'hardcore' style games) can casually throw these interfaces into their games without worrying about who has it and who doesn't. I see this device as basically a test for what could be a bigger thing in the future.

The $189.99 rumor gathers strength

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