Especially as it was a sharp contrast to the history of the Wiimote, where Nintendo had had the opposite reaction and tried to lock DIY makers out once they rea

Especially as it was a sharp contrast to the history of the Wiimote, where Nintendo had had the opposite reaction and tried to lock DIY makers out once they realized people were using it for unintended purposes. I'm glad Microsoft was smarter about this, it enabled a lot of otherwise costly to develop ideas to emerge at the time and the gaming use of the Kinect is almost anecdotal in retrospect.