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Kinect reviews will be coming in, in about 7 days from now, can you hold on that long? They should give you a good indication on what the gameplay is like. If your main concern is lag, then don't be too worried. The seemingly best games on Kinect are alright lag wise, the more effort put in the less lag is present so I heard. Kinect Adventures, Dance Central and Sonic Free Riders seem pretty good in that regard, I imagin the other firsty party offerings are ok too. It's games like Deca sports and shovelware that are going to give Kinect a bad name. Core games ARE coming, I can't question their quality obviously but they're not coming from no name devs.
Buying the 250G Kinect Bundle next Thursday will save you $50. So you should certainly think long and hard about it.
You only need Gold for online multiplayer and video/party chat AFAIK. Gold obviously gets you other bonuses a bit like playstation plus, speal deals, on top of the weekly deals XBL gets. Demos a week earlier ect. You get a month out of the box as well as a headset.
I suggest getting a recharge pack, insted of batterys.
Cheap decent games, Crackdown 1, Viva Pinata, ODST, Halo 3 and Halo Wars, Left 4 Dead, Burnout Revenge (best arcade game on 360 despite it's age) and on XBLA, Braid, Splosion Man, The Maw, LIMBO!!!
