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Speaking with British gaming site, TechRadar, a Microsoft executive stood up for Kinect's $149.99 price tag, comparing it to Sony and Nintendo's offerings.
The site chatted with Microsoft group marketing manager Brett Siddons at some kind of Amazon event. Here are the juicy quotes:"The price thing itself depends on how you look at it," said Siddons "It's £129.99 RRP [$149.99 in the US] but it comes with a game within that price – so Adventures will be packed in with the camera."If you buy it with the console which normally costs £149.99, [the package price is] £249.99 [$300] with the Kinect and the games – another 100 pound on top."The camera tracks six people – with two active gamers – you don't have to buy anything else.""I'll let you do the math but when you say Nintendo Wii or PlayStation Move you buy this and this, even for a two player games."What do you need and what do actually have to spend for a two player game for this device versus that device. You actually find that [Kinect] is very competitively priced."
Here's the math in US pricing going from nothing to a two-player motion gaming experience:Xbox 360: $300
Wii: $270
PlayStation 3: $510
Hmmmm, looks like Wii still wins by a decent margin. Even if you subtract the two navigation controllers from PS3's price (since you can use a standard DualShock in its place) that would eliminate $60, but you'd have to throw $50 back on for a second DualShock controller. This brings the two-player Move experience down to $500.
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Great comparison, but add in the fact that Wii control is shoddy, innacurate technology, while the Kinect is at least a brand new technology that offers something totally unique (Move is in no way unique) and will, eventually, hopefully, have some cool, unique games with better graphics than the Wii, and that 30 dollars is negligible. I really think the Kinect is pretty solid deal overall. The not having to buy a single other accessory is a great selling point.
Still, anyone who actually WANTS a casual, motion controlled, family experience can get a Wii for $30 less, and even get another game with the saved money. I seriously believe Microsoft has dug themselves a grave.
i still think the move is gonna be cool and track movements better than wii
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I am sorry but I want to get Kinect but there is no games I see that justify that purchase while The move at least has some core games I would enjoy even if it is Wii HD I hope they change my opinion soon but as of now just not seeing it. Plus who on Earth plays split screen games on the 360 or the PS3 never seen it myself but maybe I am a outcast.
Kinect as of now with no controller to use is kinda lame i mean buttons help us do alot in games so i think the MOVE and sony will do well in getting the hardcore crowd i think at some point MS is gonna have to release some sort of controller to go with it for the hardcore fans. Otherwise i already have a Wii so at this point i wont be getting either till some games i really want utilize either Kinect or MOVE.
True Kinect does have a reasonable price, but the Wii should still be the first choice for anyone, The playstation move may have some good games coming out, but I doubt that anyone would pay that much for it....I'm abit more excited for the move but I don't want to pay THAT MUCH for it plus a second wand a two sub controllers. Either way I still believe even when Microsoft and Sony are just now moving into the motion control thing, Nintendo still won.
Yeah but it still doesn't stand up for the fact that it could potentially have problems, like the latency issues I've been hearing. No it's not bad but it could be aggravating, or be a game breaker. And I hope to god they fix the issue of having to stand to play, no way am I going to stand for every game I play, even for Kinect Adventures.
Still I will get it for the load of other functions that I am excited for.
But yeah Sony would have been a perfect competitor with just a $50 dollar price tag for both, hopefully they will change that in the future.
I'm standing by microsoft on this, its a pretty high quality bundle IMO. Also Xbox accessories are always really solid and well made, so I think it's going to do really well. Even if it takes a few updates over time Kinect will be pretty dope.
All this is getting to a tad bit costly i think i'm gonna stick with a normal controller for now
Hold on... since when does the Wii basic package ($200) come with Sports Resort and a MotionPlus? Last time I looked at the store (which admittedly was 2-3 months ago) those were still sold separately.
For comparison purposes you don't need the 2nd game, since Xbox and PS3 only show 1, so say $200 for Wii, $70 for the 2nd set of controller/nunchuk/motionplus, and $20 for the motionplus to go on the original pack-in controller.
So Wii comes to $290, only $10 below Xbox 360.
For that small of a difference, I think it's a no-brainer to get the system with HD graphics, phenomenal online support, plays CD's and DVD's, has a much bigger selection of games for core players, and has motion controls that are trying to innovate on what we've seen for the past 4 years.
And $500 for the PS3 setup, which gives you nothing more than 360, except Blu-Ray I suppose? Yeah Sony definitely does not win in the price-for-motion contest...
Except that the 4gb xbox 360 would be worthless to most of us. The $300 number for MS is bs. The real Price is $450, unless they are planning some kind of bundle of consoles and kinects.
Also, Sony would say that you dont NEED the nunchuck to play most games. And as far as I can tell, it just adds functionality that kinect wont have: the ability to use an analog stick with the motion controls.
I will wait and see, but honestly, neither the move nor kinect really interest me right now.
They can defend the price all they want. It's still a pointless piece of copy cat hardware.
god microsoft stop bashing others and take freaking responsibility for your own freaking prices ***
Hmm when you put it that way.. it's still an overpriced gimmick
oh he forgot to mention that Kinect doesnt have any interesting games, i guess ill add it in for him. Kinect has no interesting games. :)
Also the Kinect doesn't have any good games so you can save a bunch of money for the games making it even cheaper than Kinect.
The only problem with this comparison is that NO ONE in their right mind would EVER buy a 360 with 4GB of space. That is insanely stupid to assume the majority of people buying this would only need that much space. If they computed this with the price of an Elite or a 260GB model, it would be an accurate representation.