View Poll Results: Will You be buying a Kinect?
Yes



19
12.75%
No



84
56.38%
Waiting for a price drop or reviews



41
27.52%
I have Twikoff to play with



5
3.36%
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Kinect: Are you buying one?
#26
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
Nope because it wouldn't work in my living room (nor 99% of living rooms in Japan funnily enough). Good luck trying to sell that thing over here!
#27
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
I wouldn't be in the market anyway because I don't have a 360, but even if I did I wouldn't buy it. I believe that a controller is an important part of gaming and I don't like attempts to give you less tactile feedback (like using a touchscreen/touchpad for action games) or remove the controller altogether, as in this case.
However, even if I was interested, I would wait anyway (as I'm doing for the Move), because I want to see how well this stuff gets supported. Add-on peripherals have a tendency to flame out, and being 4-5 years into this generation isn't making me confident about their success. So far, I haven't seen a killer app that makes me want to get a Move. So far, it has been bland launch games and retrofits for existing games. I guess what I'm really waiting for a AAA title that requires the Move, or at least completely sucks without it. Supposedly, LittleBigPlanet 2 will make good use of it, so we'll see.
However, even if I was interested, I would wait anyway (as I'm doing for the Move), because I want to see how well this stuff gets supported. Add-on peripherals have a tendency to flame out, and being 4-5 years into this generation isn't making me confident about their success. So far, I haven't seen a killer app that makes me want to get a Move. So far, it has been bland launch games and retrofits for existing games. I guess what I'm really waiting for a AAA title that requires the Move, or at least completely sucks without it. Supposedly, LittleBigPlanet 2 will make good use of it, so we'll see.
#28
Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
Not sure. I'll wait and see what happens within the next year or so.
Remember the Sega Activator for the Sega Genesis? It was $150.
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Remember the Sega Activator for the Sega Genesis? It was $150.
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#29
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
Nope. Not even if it was free.
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
I still don't believe that it works as well as they have hyped it up to seem.
I'll believe it when I see it in action. Even then, it would take an amazing game to get me onboard.
At least you can track your weight with that, which has some value.
I'll believe it when I see it in action. Even then, it would take an amazing game to get me onboard.
At least you can track your weight with that, which has some value.
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#34
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
Not sure. I'll wait and see what happens within the next year or so.
Remember the Sega Activator for the Sega Genesis? It was $150.
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Remember the Sega Activator for the Sega Genesis? It was $150.
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Never have seen that before and don't remember it at all. What's sad is the movements the guy was doing kinda resembles the people on the Kinect commercials.
#35
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
I won't be buying one because it won't motivate me to get up and move, but it may very well record me masturbating in front of the TV and send it to everyone I know on Facebook.
#37
gamer for life
Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
I will probably get my son one....and maybe my daughter if she likes his....my youngest does not have an xbox and does not want one...so it looks like 300 bucks out of me...
#39
Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
If I'm not petting a virtual tiger by this time tomorrow I'll just die I tell you!
I'm passing until my wife brings one home from work one of these days. The gaming room is very cozy and designed for optimum lounging so I don't think the Kinect will work well in there at all.
I'm passing until my wife brings one home from work one of these days. The gaming room is very cozy and designed for optimum lounging so I don't think the Kinect will work well in there at all.
#40
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
I'll just transplant my post from the clip thread since it fits more here:
What is really insane is my wife has mentioned Kinect to me several times this past week. This is a woman who despises video games and won't even go near the Wii. So for her to actually show interest in this product basically stuns me. I told her I was going to have to see a lot of reviews and a cheaper x-mas package before I even consider buying this.
What is really insane is my wife has mentioned Kinect to me several times this past week. This is a woman who despises video games and won't even go near the Wii. So for her to actually show interest in this product basically stuns me. I told her I was going to have to see a lot of reviews and a cheaper x-mas package before I even consider buying this.
#42
Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
It's it.
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
Does this ship with that initial demo game where the boy on the screen reacts to your facial expressions and has conversations with you?
#47
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Re: Kinect: Are you buying one?
Not sure. I'll wait and see what happens within the next year or so.
Remember the Sega Activator for the Sega Genesis? It was $150.
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Remember the Sega Activator for the Sega Genesis? It was $150.
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Don't TAUNT THE ACTIVATOR!


