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My nephew got it for Christmas. I was bowled over by it. Surprised at how unfit I am, my arms hurt for two days after the Boxing game in the Sports bundle! I h

My nephew got it for Christmas. I was bowled over by it. Surprised at how unfit I am, my arms hurt for two days after the Boxing game in the Sports bundle! I heard that were issues with it but it worked fine for us, in a couple of different rooms with adults and kids of 6 and 7 :) Very very cool to be able to manipulate an interface at a distance and considering that this is v1.0 then I think it is safe to assume that Microsoft will iron out any glitches and improve it as the iterate through the versions. I'm a Linux and Mac guy but I gotta say that Kinect is superb and they deserve every credit for being innovative here.

redthrowaway 16y ago
Boxing killed me, but I also destroyed my entire family, included my cousins for whom it was bought. I too was incredibly impressed, and found it to be one of the best gaming experiences I've had in a long time. Now they just have to do something with it that Nintendo didn't do four years ago.
- eru 16y ago
  Historically Microsoft has also been quite successful mostly copying competitors' ideas. If they just make a better Wii, that would be fine with me.
- igravious 16y ago
  My 10-year-old nephew trounced me :( Heh I don't get what you mean by the Nintendo thing ...
abyssknight 16y ago
Same here. Friend of ours brought their Kinect over to unbox. We played Dance Central out of the box in under 60 second flat. My wife and I have never been able to enjoy a game that much, at the same time, in ages. Needless to say we bought one a day after that. After playing with Kinect a bit, I bought Halo: Reach. Same story, it worked, it was good, and I was impressed. Then I saw there were games available for download, like Burnout: Revenge -- but with 720p graphic updates. I think Microsoft has and will sell a ton of Kinect bundles both this Christmas and in the months to come. Once you play with one, you have to have it. Once you have it, you'll buy games for it. Its a very "hook, line and sinker" approach that is working. Heck, I saw at least 3 families in Best Buy after New Year's picking up Kinect bundles. For a $3-400 purchase in this economy, where I live, that's something.

redthrowaway 16y ago

Boxing killed me, but I also destroyed my entire family, included my cousins for whom it was bought. I too was incredibly impressed, and found it to be one of the best gaming experiences I've had in a long time. Now they just have to do something with it that Nintendo didn't do four years ago.

eru 16y ago
Historically Microsoft has also been quite successful mostly copying competitors' ideas. If they just make a better Wii, that would be fine with me.
igravious 16y ago
My 10-year-old nephew trounced me :( Heh I don't get what you mean by the Nintendo thing ...

abyssknight 16y ago

Same here. Friend of ours brought their Kinect over to unbox. We played Dance Central out of the box in under 60 second flat. My wife and I have never been able to enjoy a game that much, at the same time, in ages. Needless to say we bought one a day after that. After playing with Kinect a bit, I bought Halo: Reach. Same story, it worked, it was good, and I was impressed. Then I saw there were games available for download, like Burnout: Revenge -- but with 720p graphic updates. I think Microsoft has and will sell a ton of Kinect bundles both this Christmas and in the months to come. Once you play with one, you have to have it. Once you have it, you'll buy games for it. Its a very "hook, line and sinker" approach that is working. Heck, I saw at least 3 families in Best Buy after New Year's picking up Kinect bundles. For a $3-400 purchase in this economy, where I live, that's something.