Microsoft Confirms Kinect for $149

[IxionIndustries]

Oh, so the game they've bundled with it is Kinect "ADVEENTUUUURES". I'm certain it's gonna be more like this:

Spoiler: Total adventuuure!

Yeeeaaah. $300 dollars for a shiny new Xbox (Probably one still WITH the fucking Red Ring of Death.), no hard drive or memory space, a gimmicky eyetoy, and possibly a retarded sports game.

What a fucking value.

 

[Buizel91]

I was thinking "huh, the $299 bundle isn't actually too bad at all!" Until I saw the lack of hard drive...

Really? 4 GB? They think that that, plus 32 GB on a usb will be enough for ANYBODY in this day and age? Such a lack of storage should be a thing of the past, to be honest...

As for the price, this isn't exactly unexpected, but its a hard blow for Microsoft... I certainly wouldn't get it, even if I had a 360.

Don't the old hard drives work =O

 

[edgeofblade]

These prices seem reasonable. No, really. $100 for a Kinect plus $50 for the poster-child game that goes with it... that's pretty reasonable.

I know a lot of you are throwing your hissy fit right now, but unless you are a raised-by-Linux-wolves, born-with-an-Apple-in-your-mouth, hippy, communist Microsoft hateboy... you'll still get this. It's simply the way of the universe.

I'm still holding out much higher hope for Move than Kinect... but I'd going to give each tech its fair chance instead of resorting to the snark and faux-discerning opinions.

 

[VanityGirl]

Aaaand this goes on my Christmas wish list. It's certainly not for everyone, but I like it, and I'm going to get it (Unless, obviously, the reviews upon it's release are terribly scathing).

Indeed. Although, you must admit, there are going to be some people who are just going to hate it just because it is a Microsoft product.

OT: Are they really sure this time? I hate that they keep saying it is the right price, then it isn't.

But if this is really, really, really true then I need to start saving.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

£130 in the uk they can kiss my ass if they think i'm paying that! And doing a reverse currency exchange means were paying more than the americans by nearly another $50 what a fucking rip off!

 

[Woodsey]

Definitely a no-buy, along with everyone else it seems.

This doesn't bode well for MS...

Guess they should have at least bothered to try and appeal to their core customers.

 

[Caliostro]

Everyone else: So... Microsoft... 150 bucks for Kinect...? Bit much?
Microsoft: Noo! Nono! You got it all wrong! Just some retailer saying that. Not us!
Everyone else: Ok... So, what's it going to cost?
Microsoft: Well... Dunno yet. But... Guy! Dude! Trust me guy! Totally not 150!
Everyone else: Ok...
- A few months later -
Everyone else: There's that 150 number again...
Microsoft: Noooooooo! We were just thinking about it! Guy! Dude! Trust me! Totally! Look, look! Not even in our minds anymore!
Everyone else: Ok...
- Even a few more months later -
Everyone else: So like... Everyone's saying 150 Microsoft.
Microsoft: Not us! We're not saying 150!
Everyone else: What ARE you saying?
Microsoft: We're not saying anything! But not 150! Don't panic guy! Not 150. We just... We just thought about it, that's all... I mean, 150, Kinect... Not that bad right...?
Everyone else: It is.
Microsoft: ...Off course! That's what we said! Not 150! Nonsense, right?! Off course dude! Guy!
- Now -
Microsoft: Ok, it's 150.
Everyone else: Go eat a dick Microsoft.

 

[edgeofblade]

I was thinking "huh, the $299 bundle isn't actually too bad at all!" Until I saw the lack of hard drive...

Really? 4 GB? They think that that, plus 32 GB on a usb will be enough for ANYBODY in this day and age? Such a lack of storage should be a thing of the past, to be honest...

As for the price, this isn't exactly unexpected, but its a hard blow for Microsoft... I certainly wouldn't get it, even if I had a 360.

Don't the old hard drives work =O

No, the drives insert in a bay, like PS3... except they are still a proprietary model, unlike PS3. I actually wonder if you rip out the hard drive from the standard hard drive and stick it in the bay, would it work? Because the video I've seen makes it look like a standard SATA hard drive in a 360-branded case.

And @Simalacrum, Look... lower hard drive space makes a LOT more sense on 360, in my honest opinion.

* Streaming video, rather than "playing while downloading"
* Open license on all your video you "own"... PSN is like Apple: you can only download it once (unless you count calling up customer service and begging for an extra download).
* Caching a game is optional

 

[TheGameXXVII]

i wasn't planning on getting it, but if i was this would out me right off.

it really is a bit steep for an addon...

 

[VulakAerr]

I'm getting it. lol.

It just looks fun to me and I see a lot of potential. I'll get the £129 camera with the game plus probably YourShape and Dance Central.

Also, I can then write to you from the future. I'll put my clocks forward an hour just to make sure.

 

[steamweedlegoblin]

How can the people over at Microsoft not see the train wreck that this is going to be? I'm anxiously awaiting the launch so I can get a good laugh at the initial sales numbers.

 

[Pendragon9]

150bucks? No thank you.

 

[duchaked]

haa no
the 360 bundle woulda been nice but 4GB? uhh I might eventually get the new 360 with its 250GB but 4? I need MORE memory space not less

 

[Delusibeta]

Hmm... While the $150 price for Kinect standalone is a good $50 north of any sort of value, I reckon the $300 bundle could make quite a few sales, if marketed properly. Most of Kinect's target audience probably have never heard of Xbox Live Arcade, so the small hard drive shouldn't bother them. Since the wheels are in motion for me getting a 360 Slim as a competition prize (Friday, pending delivery), I now have a vested intrest in this. No way am I blowing £130 on that thing (Kinect, I mean), however, until there's more good games (list of good Kinect games... umm...).

A final thought. If Kinect or Move is even moderately sucessful, it will ensure that motion controls will be an intergral part of the next generation of consoles, no matter how much Yathzee shouts about it.

 

[poiuppx]

Wow. Um... this doesn't strike them as a bad idea at all, does it?

Seriously, reactions to the 150$ tag were VERY negative just about everywhere I went online when that number first came around. Do they honestly have no one on staff to look at that and say 'Uh, people DON'T want to pay this value'.

And their statement that 'folks won't need to buy extra controllers' rings hollow to me. How many people, casual gamers mind you and not the hardcore crowd, are going to factor in number of controllers when buying a system? They're going to look at two consoles; both use motion control, both come with a free game that makes use of it and the games look similar, but one costs 100$ more. Sale for the Wii, then.

I just... who does this target? Established 360 owners don't seem to overwhelmingly have an interest and the pricetag won't help that, hardcore audiences seem adamantly oppossed to it and Microsoft didn't help that any by outrightly saying it's not going to appeal to them, and casual owners aren't being given enough to make it seem worthwhile to them over the Wii and its pricepoint. That leaves NO ONE. Well, maybe some REALLY harrrrrrdcore Microsoft fans who are willing to invest no matter what. But that's hardly a winning strategy of target marketing for a product like this that you spent so much time and money on. Now, if this was Apple, different story... those guys would buy a no-function plastic orb if Steve Jobs promoted it at the end of one of his keynotes.

 

[Captain Pirate]

Well fuck that for a game of retard-o-move. No Microsoft, just no.

 

[Nixzilla]

Wont be getting this till it goes down alot

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

ill pick this up when the pricce drops since id love to talk to my xbox, or if they surprise me with some games
like a new black and white game, or a rts built just for kiect.

 

[Delusibeta]

Oh, and other thing. I dunno what's its like in America, but here in the UK most Wiis are sold with Wii Sports Resort on top of Wii Sports (and a MotionPlus, too). Microsoft may find it an uphill task if they only include one pack-in game here.

 

[Dexiro]

M$ overpricing at it's best!

Considering you can get the PS3 wagglestick with a camera for like a 3rd of the price of the flaily arm device you have to doubt Microsoft's marketing. I don't think they have high hopes for this one, and neither does anyone else.