Kinect: Are you buying one?
 

Just curious to see how many of you suckers are gonna get this -wink-

I'm waiting till a price drop. The only thing that looks of interest is for Game shows like "1 vs 100" and "You don't know jack" should be fun to have with Kinect support.

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I am getting it, but I am not very excited about it. I am not even buying an extra game right now. I will just mess around with the Kinect Adventures which is included.

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i had no interest in wii and thus no interest.

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I'm interested, but my Wii and my Move are collecting dust at the moment, so I think I'll wait it out this time. I am intrigued by the $50 clip, though, I've always wanted a clip for my tv.

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I'm a fan of the Move because I think it integrates motion controls well into core gaming. This one I'm not interested in at present because the games look lame and the tech seems sketchy. Still the Mrs somehow has managed to sneak a sip of the Kool Aide and has started asking me about it though I've never brought it up and I can't even get her to play a round of table tennis or Frisbee golf with the Move controller yet. Somehow, Microsoft is worming their way into their target demographic, so give them credit for that, I suppose.

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Voted no. YDNJ put it back on my radar ever so slightly, but I'm not paying $150 just to play it.

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I won't even take one if you gave me to me for free (assuming I couldn't sell it).

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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.

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Waiting for a price drop -pray-

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This^
I'm not interested in that bullshit.

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-screwy- Then why even buy it?!

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Nope.

I already have a Wii (which hasn't been turned on in at least 4 months) and the Move.

I've just been hearing too many little things here and there about certain things not working (It has trouble reading you if you wear black or white, freaks out if anyone walks behind you) that I am going to be very cautious about getting it. Well, that and I'm not really that keen on flailing around with nothing to hold on to and no buttons. I am still wondering how they will create control schemes with no buttons for things like shooting games.

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Jury's out.

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Your kids voted yes.

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Yeah, my wife said she wanted to get the new "Connect" thing. I think it's because they have been showing Kinect in all the women's shows.

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I'm old school so i like to sit and use a controller. I will pass.

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I'm a gadget whore and this looks fun. Buying one.

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Like the Move, I might get it when actual games come out. I'm not paying $200+ to simulate dancing and gropping animals.

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See, this is really the thing. I guess they're targeting non-gaming women. I know everyone thinks they're after kids, but the fact is give a three or four year old a controller and a game he likes and he'll get it eventually. When I (regrettably) showed Lego Star Wars to my 4 year old, he was waving the 360 wireless controller about like a wiimote for a day or two, but then he became shockingly proficient in it in no time. There's nothing wrong with using a controller, so I think Microsoft is chasing after people who don't realize that yet.

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No, I've spent enough and I don't use my 360S enough as it is, don't need another $150 just so I can move when I play, if I want that I'll dust off my Wii.

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I wasn't going to, but then my old co-workers chipped in and got me a $250 Best Buy gift card as a going-away present, so...

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Three-Fifths Rule. Shit, that still outweighs me. Jerrymandering? Dictatorship? Yes, that's it.

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Gonna say no on this one. My stack of unplayed normal games is building at an exponential rate, why would I want to add in movement games as well?

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Is that what it costs to get rid of you? Starting a fundraiser...

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nope.

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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!

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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.

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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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Nope. Not even if it was free.

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Really? REALLY...

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Really.

Someone gave me the Wii balance board (back when it was new) - never even took it out of it's box. Same level of interest here.

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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.

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So you're saying it's as unecessary as a superfluous apostrophy?

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Woah. What the fuck? I can't imagine a more pain in the ass way to play a game.

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.

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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.

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No it's as unecessary as spelling apostrophe with a y.

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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...

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I'm on the fence. I bit on the Wii and it's been a real let down. I'll wait and see what other games come out first.

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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.

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I had no interest in the Kinect at all, but my wife saw a commercial for it and she wants one. I told her we'd go to Best Buy once it drops and check out the floor model to see how it looks in real life.