Microsoft: “No Reviews of Kinect!”

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Alby_da_Wolf said:

TRios_Zen said:

The review embargo is up Thursday morning (Wednesday night) at 12:01 AM.  So unless you are getting Kinect at a midnight launch, reviews would be available before purchase.

But did MS allow reviewers to get kits in time? In-depth reviews require several days for the test and then some time to actually write, lay out and proofread the articles. If the embargo was also on kits availability (up until now I read around conflicting versions, some saying the embargo was only on publishing, some others saying MS would have made kits and SW available for tests very late too), only EMEAA will really get in-depth reviews in time before launch.

I can't speak for all sites, but I know for a fact that Gamespot, IGN and Kotaku have all recieved review hardware with a batch of games, some time last week - I would assume this is true for most major sites/publications. 

IGN and Gamespot have some previews/unboxing and Kotaku reported that they had it and would post reviews at end of embargo.