CNN Reviews Kinect: Impressive But Then There’s The Cost
CNN has reviewed Microsoft’s Kinect and has found it impressive.
CNN particularly praised Dance Central and our Shape: Fitness Evolved and described the former as “the closest you can get to an actual dance class without having to step inside a studio.”
However, there is the issue of price, thinking the $149.99 price point will put many gamers off.
While Kinect looks extremely promising, I’m still concerned about the price.
For [the price], customers can buy an entire game system: a new Xbox 360 Arcade Spring Bundle, which comes with two games, or for $129, a used Wii from Gamestop.
Strange. For a product that’s being marketed as a device that’s supposed to reduce barriers of entry, the $150 tag seems downright antithetical to that mission.
Because of that, I don’t expect Kinect will be a blockbuster out of the gate.
The review goes on to state that those with the “extra cash shouldn’t let the price stop them from trying out the next generation of gaming”, but at the same time, “the question remains whether Xbox 360 owners will bite”.
Kinect launches on the US on November 4 2010.
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