Kinect Retailing for $149

[Ares]

Amazon Prices Kinect At $149
Jun 17, 2010
By Luke Plunkett



While Microsoft has yet to release pricing details for the Kinect motion control camera, retailers are having no such hesitation, Amazon now joining GameStop in charging $149 for the device.

This is still not official confirmation, of course, as it's only a pre-order and pre-order prices can change, but when two of the biggest gaming retailers in the US come up with the same price in the same week Kinect is shown off, it certainly makes an rrp of $149 look likely.

UPDATE: It's $149 at Walmart as well.
UPDATE 2: $149 at Best Buy, too.
[Amazon]

Source: Kotaku

 

[GlocksRock]

Definitely not worth it for that price... hopefully it will be less, much less.

 

[Nugu]

If you look at it from the aspect of 1 device works for ALL players, it's well worth it.


Especially compared to the Move that costs anywhere from 50-100$ for 1 player (some games use 2 ball-controllers = 100$)

I'll probably pick up 1 ball-troller when it hits 40$ or so to test the water but otherwise I'm not feeling the cost vs value yet.

 

[Ares]

The price is high for it, plus the Max players that can use it is 2 at one time, so if you want to play with four people you will need another console and another Kinect plus one more TV.

 

[GlocksRock]

More tech details released about Kinect:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/kinect-detailed-in-newly-precise-tech-specs/

Sure, you know Kinect, but do you know Kinect? While retailers have backed off publishing $150 pricetags for Kinect in bizarre displays of solidarity, UK shop Play.com has up some new specifics on the technology in its listing for the device. Here are a few of the standouts that were news to us:
Field of view is relatively limited, something we could sense when spending time with Kinect at E3. The unit sees 57 degrees of horizontal and 43 degrees of vertical, with a 27 degree physical tilt to keep you in the action.
Depth of view is similarly strict, ranging from 4 feet to 11.5 feet.
Skeletal tracking is limited to two active players at a time, as we knew, but the system can at least keep its eye on up to six people at once -- like that totally optional pair of backup dancers in Dance Central.
Resolution, because we know you were wondering, is detailed as well: 320 x 240, 16-bit at 30 fps (we're guessing this is the depth camera), 640 x 480, 32-bit color at 30 fps (yeah, this is the color one), and 16-bit audio at 16 kHz.
No huge surprises, and we're sure a few more details will leak out before launch -- can't you just wait to get "off the couch, on your feet and in the fun"?

 

[stiliom]

is this truth?

Hello, you read it elsewhere? what is this truth?
gladriel.com/newsFull/content/3771/Microsoft-say-what/