Microsoft Drops Kinect Price to $109.99

@ddensel said:

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

I feel Microsoft is messing up the back half of this console cycle.

I agree Kinect seems awful. Xbox live is joke compared to PSN; PSN+ gets better deals constantly, the interface is faster, has less ads and multiplayer is free. Xbox exclusives aren't that interesting anymore, I mean the new Gears looks identical to Gears 3 in terms of the visuals and will probably play the same too.

Having just moved from an apartment into a house with an optimal living room, AND having seen the Quick Looks from Happy Action and DC3, this is a hell of timely price drop.

@thatdutchguy said:

@jozzy: are you saying that there are good games for kinect ? xD omg

Sure, let's say fun games. Maybe not a lot that the standard Gaintbomb audience is into, but I like playing Dance Central with my daughter. We also have this rhytm game that's fun to play, forgot the name. I had a period where I did a lot of Yourshape fitness and that worked extremely well (I am just too lazy to keep it up). People seem to have fun with Fruit Ninja, Happy action theatre, Kinect Adventures and Kinect sports.

Anyway, I will stop defending Kinect now. I am just not a fan of the unreasonable amount of criticism this thing gets from "core gamers".

Just get a Wii instead of Kinect, an entire new library opening up for you if you do

Still doesn't change the fact that my room isn't big enough for the motion stuff.

I find it odd more and more what companies wait to reveal information on. Like wouldn't this be something to unveil at E3?

@jozzy: I tend to agree with him. It barely works.

$110 is just too much for me. I don't even know that the Kinect would work in the space I have, so unless I find one for $25 or less, not even going to consider it. Doesn't help that the games I'd be interested in playing is so limited too; I'd probably get Dance Central mostly just to give Harmonix money, the Happy Action Theater games, and then try out the Forza 4 Kinect controls one time to see how bad of an experience that is.

@LiquidPrince said:

@jozzy said:

@LiquidPrince said:

@jozzy said:

@ddensel said:

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

It does work, what are you talking about? If you have the proper space and lighting (pretty much everyone with a proper entertainment room/basement) and play one of those games that are playing to the strengths of Kinect (arguably only dance/rhytm, rail shooters, sports en fitness and the happy action theatre) it is really a lot of fun and definately worth the hundred something dollars.

I realize the Kinect is situational but it does actually work.

That's bullshit... It barely works even in optimal positions. How many quick looks of Kinect games have we seen just on Giantbomb that barely work, even though Giantbomb is in one of the best studios a Kinect owner can dream of having, with wide open spaces and great lighting.

It's not bullshit! I have one and it works, do you have one?

I don't know what the problem is at the Giantbomb studio.

Do I have one? Not anymore! That thing was garbage. The coolest thing was voice commands on games like Mass Effect and even that wasn't even that great.

Hey, hate it all you want. Just replying to someone who says

"Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work? It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly."

Still $200 too expensive. Yeah that's right they should pay us $90 to take it.

@jozzy said:

@LiquidPrince said:

@jozzy said:

@ddensel said:

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

It does work, what are you talking about? If you have the proper space and lighting (pretty much everyone with a proper entertainment room/basement) and play one of those games that are playing to the strengths of Kinect (arguably only dance/rhytm, rail shooters, sports en fitness and the happy action theatre) it is really a lot of fun and definately worth the hundred something dollars.

I realize the Kinect is situational but it does actually work.

That's bullshit... It barely works even in optimal positions. How many quick looks of Kinect games have we seen just on Giantbomb that barely work, even though Giantbomb is in one of the best studios a Kinect owner can dream of having, with wide open spaces and great lighting.

It's not bullshit! I have one and it works, do you have one?

I don't know what the problem is at the Giantbomb studio.

Do I have one? Not anymore! That thing was garbage. The coolest thing was voice commands on games like Mass Effect and even that wasn't even that great.

Wow, not owning an Xbox I had no idea it was that expensive.

The Kinect has been on sale for $110 a lot this year. My guess is that they are cutting it to this to prepare for deeper discounts during the holidays.

@LiquidPrince said:

@jozzy said:

@ddensel said:

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

It does work, what are you talking about? If you have the proper space and lighting (pretty much everyone with a proper entertainment room/basement) and play one of those games that are playing to the strengths of Kinect (arguably only dance/rhytm, rail shooters, sports en fitness and the happy action theatre) it is really a lot of fun and definately worth the hundred something dollars.

I realize the Kinect is situational but it does actually work.

That's bullshit... It barely works even in optimal positions. How many quick looks of Kinect games have we seen just on Giantbomb that barely work, even though Giantbomb is in one of the best studios a Kinect owner can dream of having, with wide open spaces and great lighting.

It's not bullshit! I have one and it works, do you have one?

I don't know what the problem is at the Giantbomb studio.

EDIT: and of course there are a ton of really bad Kinect games.

@jozzy said:

@ddensel said:

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

It does work, what are you talking about? If you have the proper space and lighting (pretty much everyone with a proper entertainment room/basement) and play one of those games that are playing to the strengths of Kinect (arguably only dance/rhytm, rail shooters, sports en fitness and the happy action theatre) it is really a lot of fun and definately worth the hundred something dollars.

I realize the Kinect is situational but it does actually work.

That's bullshit... It barely works even in optimal positions. How many quick looks of Kinect games have we seen just on Giantbomb that barely work, even though Giantbomb is in one of the best studios a Kinect owner can dream of having, with wide open spaces and great lighting.

Surprised they didn't go for a $50 drop for making that under $100 price tag. Still doesn't really have enough good games to justify $110 though.

@ddensel said:

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

It does work, what are you talking about? If you have the proper space and lighting (pretty much everyone with a proper entertainment room/basement) and play one of those games that are playing to the strengths of Kinect (arguably only dance/rhytm, rail shooters, sports en fitness and the happy action theatre) it is really a lot of fun and definately worth the hundred something dollars.

I realize the Kinect is situational but it does actually work.

Latin Ameria is my favorite of the Amerias.

Hasn't Amazon been selling it at $100 for a while now?

Still way too much.

Doesn't make it any less useless!

How well did the Kinect features for Mass Effect 3 end up working? (Not a rhetorical question) If more games integrate Kinect in that way, and it actually works, I might consider getting it.

Why would I pay money for something that doesn't even work?

It's time for people to stop pretending this thing works properly. Even during the 25% of the time you can get the Kinect working, you're still standing up to play bad minigames with no tactile feedback. If Microsoft pushes Kinect any further rather than focusing on great 1st party games, I'm going to jump ship to Sony.

Yeah, okay, I might throw down for this.

i would not accept this for free even if it came with free interior designer to rearrange and paint my living room

so we in europe have to pay more anyway, even MS points are more expensive(because they treat dollar and euro 1:1) and then we don't even get the pricecut. well, still not as bad as sony I guess.

Never. It would be a bit dumb to invest in it this late in the console's lifespan. Just wait for Kinect 2 or whatever it will be on the next Xbox.

That's still too much money at this point. I would really only consider it for maybe $40 or $50.

Kinect bundled with Happy Action Theater sequel for $60 would get me to buy.

I think I'll wait for when Kinect 2 hits $49. By then hopefully there's more than one interesting game for it and the hardware actually works.

Really anyone buying this, I would hope, is thinking less about games and more about just having the camera, microphone , and using it for the XBL dashboard. Yet, for $109 that is still a bit expensive.

There is no doubt that some sort of camera and mic is helpful, but I think Sony just has a better package for that with the PS Eye. If you want to video-chat or use the microphone for online games that $39.95 price of the PS Eye is okay.

I may buy it now. Been meaning to try it out.

Weird price.

This thing actually costed more before? damn.

I'll give them $14.99 and not a cent more. $15? Fuck you!

Cool. Still not happening.

Does it come with a free toaster?

I've no respect for Kinect as a gaming controller, but it's one of only a few consumer products that will usher the future. Real-time skeletal tracking and 3D analysis is going to revolutionize the way humans and robots interface with the world, and the Kinect is the most prevalent consumer-grade version, and it's available in retail stores!

I just wanted to echo every other comment on here and say whatever.

Drop it another hun bitches! Then I'll think about buying it. Turning it on and using it is a whole other story.

So it now costs roughly the amount it should have cost when it originally came out.

This announcement should have been paired with some sort of announcement about cool new upcoming Kinect games coming out.

Of course there aren't any cool new Kinect games coming out.

If you have a decent sized living room and think you would get as much out of Dance Central as I've gotten out of Dance Central I'd say go for it. 
 
Otherwise, I would suggest that you continue to pass.

Still not worth it for me considering i still haven't seen anything that makes me want a kinect.

Look man, best I can give you for it is 10 bucks.

Considering I have no idea if I can get it to work in my living room, there's no way I'm buying it till it drops to the point where I'm willing to potentially throw that money away. I'd love to try to play DFHAT or Dance Central with friends, but I'm not spending $100 on a box of frustration and poor controls because my room isn't enormous.

Go down to $30-40 and we'll talk. I waste that much money on things far too often.

Still $109.99 too much. Not buying this piece of junk so I can be a guinea pig for Microsoft. They released this thing way too early, like the 360 itself, and it barely works. I bought the Playstation Move and Wii day 1 and while they are both collecting dust at least they worked and I had fun with some of the software.

Still doesn't matter considering my room is too small.

Yeah, because it was the price holding me back, not the awesome library of games that thing has.

Of course this deal doesn't apply to Europe.