Well, I jumped off the fence and picked this up. Wife and kids really wanted it. I got Dance Central, Sonic, and Your Shape Fitness Evolved. Played for about 3 hours last night. We had fun with all the games. I have a front projector system with a larger play area. Plenty of room for 2 people. You really need a space about 8 feet wide for two people to play. But not more than that. Anymore and you are out of the view of the camera. The device works pretty good. Some lag but for the type of games you can play its not an issue. Highly recommended for family fun. Better than Wii IMO.

Well I was far more impressed tonight when I checked it out at Best buy. It worked very smooth and pretty accurate. I didnt notice any lag. Probably would of bought one tonight but they were sold out.

yep.

So I broke down and bought one tonight. Between the Target B2G1 deal and 5% off with the Target card nearly negating tax and my daughters hounding me since E3, I didn't mind.

Let me tell you something, an hour of just watching them play Adventures and taking pictures and videos and hearing all the squeals and laughs and fun, I feel like I've already gotten my money's worth. It's a neat thing and it seems to be working well. Haven't even opened Dance Central or Kinectimals yet.

I also haven't played yet, but I'm not too proud or embarrassed. Haters gonna hate, but it's damn fun just to watch.

Now to find some schmo on Video Kinect for a little Chatroulette...

No. I hate motion controlled games.

For people who got this, are you having trouble syncing your physical controller at all? I am.

How do you mean? The Kinect ID facial recognition biometrics shizz?

I'd rather use a controller. Call me old school.

to the rockband shirt, and it looks like they are having fun. Also, looks like you have more than adequate room too.

Also to the bachelor fold up chair and beige walls.

No my 360 controller. When I left the Kinect menu and had to use my real controller it couldn't connect (or it did, but then it it stalled out, wouldn't sync and then after a few minutes of mesing around it finally connected again). In fact, when I was setting everything up, the controller wouldn't connect and I had to reset the whole system.

Have you had any issues with your handheld controller?

They're not beige. And the foldup chairs are a necessity since I threw away the dining set and couches after 10 years of babies, split juices and milk, and cats pissing on stuff. I just haven't felt the urge to spend money on that stuff when I need to buy frivolous shit like fake instruments and cameras so MS can watch me play games naked.

I don't think so. But I really haven't used it much tonight.

Off-white? or Eggshell?

Can't remember the exact name for it, but it's sort of a light metallic blue/grey. I don't know, it changes depending on the light. She picked it out, I just had to paint the damn thing. And the dining nook is a green.

Maybe it's the camera...?

Also - the naked part makes me ask a question. Do these photos get stored on your HD on the Xbox, or is there some public API like the achievements ones where anyone can intercept them?

As far as I know it's all local until you upload them. Then they go to www.kinectshare.com but that's still protected by your Live ID. It seems no one can see them unless you take a further action from there to download them or post them to Facebook.

There is no direct game->Facebook/Public Internet. At least not from Adventures.

Ahh cool. That would be a whole shitstorm if it was public.

I played for 30-40 minutes after the kids went to bed and, yeah, I worked up a bit of a sweat at the end. It was funny to see my avatar bent over at the waist, hands on knees, and panting

I set it up tonight. The only problem I had was the ID thing where my couch was in the way. Other than that, I love it.

I only played Kinectimals but it was a fun little game. I am sure my wife will get a kick out of it. The setup was quick and painless, I don't see how some people are complaining. In fact, I was able to set it up without moving my table or recliner, so yeah.

Well, now none of my controllers will even connect to it. Must be a problem with my Xbox. Dammit. Time to call support.

i was really disappointed with kinect adventures but i'm loving kinect sports. sure, there's a little, almost non-existant but slightly noticable lag, but it doesn't hinder enjoyment of the games. i think soccer is probably my favorite of all of them and makes me excited for what could be possible in the future. an actual fifa soccer game (or any other sport game, really) with the technology would be amazing if done properly. my wife played dance central for an hour and loved it. she never barely even touched the wii, so for her to play video games for an extended period of time is crazy.

I am sorry your wife never touches your Wii. *snickers* sorry i couldn't resist.

Well I was gonna get one today, but every place is sold out.

My brother ended up ordering one from Amazon....got to use it this morning....pretty cool and it tired me out pretty good. Now I'm tired as shit and just wanna take a nap.

A dad "Kinecting" with his son: