As of March 2011, Xbox 360 is and remains the number one selling console in the entirety of the United States. This is judged based on console and software sales as well as continued consumer demand for the accessory known as Kinect, aka the fastest selling consumer electronics device in 60 days in recorded history. Sounds pretty impressive, yes? Let's go through a few highlights that'll continue to make your brain melt all over the floor.
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Why I Won’t be Getting a Kinect at Launch
If you’ve been following my column on SlashGear, you know that I’m a pretty serious gamer. In fact, I’d say that I’m about as hardcore as they come. Aside from the fact that I’ve been playing games for longer than I choose to remember, I have real and abiding love for everything from role-playing games to sports games. There hasn’t been a single genre that I haven’t at one time or another loved.
More Fabulous Xbox Kinect Ads Including Xbox LIVE Interaction [Videos]
Hooray! They're releasing the ads like wild wombats out of a gunnysack, all of them for the Xbox Kinect which they say will change OUR ENTIRE LIVES. Yes indeed, no doubt that it will, at least the way we look at playing video games at home. Just [yesterday] we shared with you the first video, one that now appears to have been a chopped up version of the following videos which are categorized as Kinect for Xbox 360 (all encompassing), Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures, and the extremely exciting video about what might be a glimpse into the future of interactive entertainment: Xbox LIVE with Kinect.
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Kinect game line-up confirmed
Microsoft has announced the launch portfolio for Kinect, listing the seventeen titles which will be available at the motion-controller's launch. The games - the full list of which you can see after the cut - represent the first wave of controller-free titles, and include Kinectimals, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Fighters Uncaged.
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Kinect patent detailed; American Sign Language supported
The patent for Microsoft's Kinect console has been unearthed, describing the "gesture keyboarding" system that's tracked by the special PrimeSense-developed depth camera. Kinect builds a dynamic wireframe representation - or "skeletal mapping" - of the player's body, and then tracks that to recognize various gestures and movements; these can be as minimal as raising up on your toes.
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Xbox 360 4GB confirmed; Kinect priced at $149.99
Leaked last week, Microsoft has just officially confirmed the upcoming Xbox 360 4GB, the replacement to the 360 Arcade. Priced at $199.99 and set to begin shipping on August 3rd 2010 in the US, the new Xbox 360 4GB will also be offered as a bundle with the Kinect sensor for $299.99 this holiday season.
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Kinect specs reveal only two active players supported
Specifications for Microsoft's Kinect sensor bar for the Xbox 360 have emerged, courtesy of retailer Play, and the most interesting element is just how low-end the hardware actually is. Kinect uses a pair of VGA-resolution webcams, together with a 16-bit audio system, and is apparently only capable of tracking two "active players" at any one time.
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Multiple Microsoft Kinect listings tip $149.99 price
Microsoft still aren't confirming pricing for their Kinect motion-gaming system for Xbox 360, but that hasn't stopped retailers from jumping in with their own figures. After GameStop listed the Kinect multi-camera array at $149.99, they've been joined by several other online stores: Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy.
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Stop Twiddling Your Thumbs and Stand Up
Originally, I wanted to title this story “Why Women Hate Consoles,” but I’m sure there are many women who would take exception to that complaint. I’m not married to one of those women. My wife hates console gaming. She doesn’t just hate playing games on my Xbox or Playstation, she hates when I play them, too. For a while, I couldn’t figure out why.
Microsoft Kinect Priced $149.99 at GameStop, Bundled Pricing Included
One pin after another. Microsoft just announced not only the Kinect, but the new, $300 Xbox 360 Slim, and now we've got word that GameStop's already got the Kinect up for pre-order. And yes, the price is right there, plain as day, for everyone to see: $149.99.
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