By Tucker Gaskill
Ever since the release of Sony’s Playstation Move, the world has been waiting for Microsoft’s answer. On November 4th 2010 Kinect was released for the Xbox 360. Kinect is used with the Xbox 360 for controller-free motion gaming.
It’s taken a few years for Microsoft to release anything to do with motion gaming. Even though Kinect is in the same category as the Nintendo Wii and the Playstation Move for the PS3, it is completely different. For the Wii and the PS3, you need motion controllers so that the system can track the movement of your hands which hold the controllers. The Kinect has a built-in camera that tracks your entire body movement. The system itself is eleven inches wide, three inches deep, and three inches tall. Because of the cables you will need a little more room then that, but not much. However size restrictions of the Kinect itself are the least of your worries. In the manual that comes with it, Microsoft recommends that you be no less then six feet from the TV and the Kinect. In a lot of places this is a problem to be six feet from the TV and have the room to move around and play the different games.
Packaged with the Kinect is one game, Kinect Adventures, which is a few mini games in one. So far there are 41 available games for the Kinect with many more planned and announced for release. Brand new games for the Kinect are priced at $49.99, which is $10 cheaper then new games for the Xbox 360 or the PS3. Games for the Kinect vary from sports games to dance games, to workout games, to karaoke games, to party games. There’s something for everyone to play.
Overall the Kinect is worth spending $140 on if you already have the Xbox 360, if you have the space of course. For the holidays there’s also deals on an Xbox 360 and a Kinect combo starting at $375 and goes up depending on what Xbox 360 you want with it.
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