Does this sound right?
“Planning on buying a Kinect this November? If you’ve got one of those … not-so-Slim Xbox 360s, then you’re gonna need some extra power outlets, as Microsoft tells us that older Xbox consoles will need a separate power supply for the motion controller add-on. While new, less opulent 360s will be able to support the Kinect without any external wattage, older consoles will require a power outlet for the device to work. ” (joystiq)
So the bigger Xbox 360 version that has a bigger power supply will need an additional power supply to run the Kinect. The smaller slim 360 with a smaller power suppler will require no additional items for the Kinect to work? Why do I see more nickle and dime tactics in the future for Xbox.
Kinect debut price is still anticipated to be $150.00
My Gaming name is Sgt Cougar, my real name is not relevant for this site. I am a husband, a father, and a gamer. I created this site for those with shared interests and responsibilities.
I only own the Xbox 360 system and love it. I look forward to the release of “Project: Natal” to include everything I liked about the Nintendo Wii on the system that I own now. I enjoy all types of games but seem to be in a FPS and RPG phase right now.
Sgt Cougar
I don’t know about the extra cord for the older 360, but the $150 price point is speculative at this point. I think it’s based on a GameStop listing.
I think they’re going to need to price it at or near Sony’s Arc if MS wants it to sell. With the new 360 costing $299, I don’t think MS can expect people to willingly drop another $150 for the Kinect. I’d guess closer to $100 with a bundled game (at least that’s what I’m hoping).
Sony priced the Move controller at $50, the “navigation controller” at $30, and a Move controller and Playstation Eye bundle at $100.
Looks like Sony is taking the Nintendo pricing model. That is, a controller with many parts that you have to pay for individually.
I think MS is going to have the Kinect cheaper than $150. $130 at the highest and $100 at the lowest.
If the games look good to me, I’ll probably get Kinect, but so far I haven’t seen anything that looks cool enough to warrant my purchase of this new hardware. The Wii I bought was fun initially, but it’s hasn’t been out of its box in close to a year.
I have been watching the E3 videos of kinect and I’m very interested on the family value aspect it offers. Granted the better games, gears of war, call of duty, etc are too complex for such a controller like the kinect. It does open the door for new gaming and stepping towards full simulators.
I’m more interested to see games that utilize the Kinect and a regular controller. I don’t necessarily want to flail in front of the camera for the whole game, but some gesture based controls would be cool. Think of games like Rainbow Six where you could use gestures, instead of the D-pad, to controll teammates. That would be fun.
Like Sgt Cougar I have been checking out the E3 content on Xbox the last few days and I’m impressed with the Kinect. I was never a Wii person due to having all sorts of extra crap!! to buy on top of a game. I liked their idea about getting off of the couch and playing, but all the extras come on it’s lame.
I was impressed by the family value that the Kinect can offer and to be honest since there is going to be a Star Wars game that is really all I need
. My wife liked all the extra workout games, and my kids liked what they saw as well.
So in short I have reserved the Kinect with an extended warranty via GameStop. I will let all the skeptics know how it is in November.
Well Max and Cougar, I’m gonna let you guys spend your money on this 1st and tell me how it is. Periferals are either good or suck and the majority of the time the results have been the later. I’ll never forget the extra money I wasted on the dumb ass robot for the original Nintendo. It looked really cool but that’s as good as it ever got. It only had two supporting games, the one it came with and one other game. they both sucked and another game was never made that involved the robot.