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b00dles

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They need it to be about £50 to be honest... I doubt it will be but for the Wii owners, they won't also buy the console and Kinect etc if it costs about £250 - £300 to get going.

Prices of stuff this Xmas could be interesting.

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TehStu

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Move has somewhat different tech.

I haven't really been keeping up with it, but I thought with the additional processing hardware removed, Kinect was reduced to a camera(s)? Perhaps they didn't remove everything, especially as it appears to be bigger than you'd expect a webcam to be.

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I haven't really been keeping up with it, but I thought with the additional processing hardware removed, Kinect was reduced to a camera(s)? Perhaps they didn't remove everything, especially as it appears to be bigger than you'd expect a webcam to be.

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No. It has the whole Israeli scanning/mapping thing in it.

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I haven't really been keeping up with it, but I thought with the additional processing hardware removed, Kinect was reduced to a camera(s)? Perhaps they didn't remove everything, especially as it appears to be bigger than you'd expect a webcam to be.

Hasn't Kinect got motorised target-tracking on the camera, and two cameras instead of one? Gotta add a bit to the price.

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Asura

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So if Move is 59.99 (euros), why is Kinect so expensive? I thought they took out all the fancy gubbins to reduce the price?

You should bear in mind also that you might need more than one Move per household (even some of the concepts they showed had one player using two controllers). You'll only ever need one Kinect, even for games that are 2/4 player.

I still think the Kinect could end up being too expensive, mind - but that's partially because the Move has ended up being cheaper than we expected.

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http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1099085p1.html

Right now, Kinect only works when you stand. This includes menu navigation. All the cool options to grab a slider and advance through frames of a movie you are watching only work when you are on your feet. Kinect, we've been told, has problems handling your skeletal frame while sitting. The voice commands still work, but every game we've seen and even simple menu navigation have to be done with you out of your seat. That's not exactly how I want to watch my movies. If the focus for Kinect is creating games like Dance Central that naturally would require you to be off your couch, that's great. But I have to say, no one thinks "I am driving a car!" while standing up in their living room.

Oh me, oh my. :hat:

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Sigourney Beaver

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You should bear in mind also that you might need more than one Move per household (even some of the concepts they showed had one player using two controllers). You'll only ever need one Kinect, even for games that are 2/4 player.

I still think the Kinect could end up being too expensive, mind - but that's partially because the Move has ended up being cheaper than we expected.

To have four players on a Wii you need to spend about £90 on three additional remotes at least. Less if you go third party, obv. Kinect will be priced accordingly.

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Cyhwuhx

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That's splitting hairs :hat:

Maybe... But back then they admittedly used smoke and mirrors, remember? This doesn't bode well. It's not the end of the world, but if you need to stand I can't ever see this support core games.

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