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January 2011
(74%)
89 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(84%)
209 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
The hardware is easy to set up
With good instructions
The games are simple to jump in and play
Using your hand as a cursor can be fun
The games make you move
And tend to be a good workout
Voice commands are useful in some circumstances
The camera c
An engineering marvel
Has the potential to add genuinely new genres to gaming
When it works
It astonishes.
Reasonably priced
Tremendous future potential
Massive launch game line-up
Works with Windows PCs and Xbox One S
Powerful technologyVoice commands really workYoga
Dance games show real potential
The editors didn't like
The menu system takes much longer than just using buttons
The hardware sometimes has issues hearing you or seeing your movement
The games are very similar
Without buttons
You lose control in certain parts of certain games
It starts at $150
Which fee
Requires too much room to maneuver
Doesn't work well with simultaneous players
Lag time is exceedingly disconcerting
Expensive
Often fails to match movements onetoone
Generally feels "unfinished."
Accuracy problems
Incomplete or missing features
Inconsistent interface
Two-piece
Cable-laden setup
You still need to have a reason to use Kinect
Requires lots of room spaceLaunch lineup could be betterHand gesture UI can be very slow
Kinect is a fantastic accessory that will extend the Xbox 360's user base to new audiences. That said, for the moment there's no killer game that will make the Xbox 360's current fan base run down to stores with their wallets. This is compounded by th...
The Kinect has potential, but it’s juuuust barely showing it right now. This is the case for every gaming console/accessory ever made, though — things are always going to be rough in the beginning, if only because developers haven’t really figured th...
Abstract: When Sony and Microsoft both said they wanted their latest console platforms to last in homes for a full decade, the enthusiast gamers out there (including me) scoffed at the idea. There was just no way that these platforms were going to last that l...
An engineering marvel; has the potential to add genuinely new genres to gaming; when it works, it astonishes.
Requires too much room to maneuver; doesn't work well with simultaneous players; lag time is exceedingly disconcerting; expensive; often fails to match movements onetoone; generally feels "unfinished."
Abstract: Before I really get moving this this review, I think it's important to note that this is more focused at the kinect itself, and not the specific gaming content, though this will of course touch on that as it's part of the experience.I want to say, tha...
Abstract: Kinect has been a product that Microsoft has been betting on and hyping for about a year and a half now, ever since revealing Project Natal at E3 2009. The motion sensing gaming peripheral is finally available, and despite some initial concerns, our ...
Abstract: You can count me as one of the people who thought that the initial Project Natal reveal was pretty damn cool, despite some funky avatar animations. I mean, the whole Milo sequence that was shown on stage was pretty mind-blowing to me, and while I didn'...
Abstract: Personally, I'm a big fan of “active gaming”, i.e. forcing players to get up from their chairs, couches and beds and start actively making things happen on the screen by waving their arms and legs, move, jump and whatnot, in order to improve their heal...
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Published: 2010-11-05, Author: Matt , review by: techworld.com
Of course the question all this raises is why anyone would want to wave their hands around and take twice as long to do what they already can, with greater accuracy and speed, using a gamepad or remote control. The answer is they wouldn't.For show, ye...
