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tuscaniman on 05 November 2010
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Reasonable said:
tuscaniman said:
naznatips said:
Reasonable said:
 

 

 

Then you have a tiny living room. Anyone with a tv over 40" for example  should have it placed no closer then 8-9 feet from their couch. Do the math. If your tv is smaller then obviously less space is needed but to have less than 6 feet between the tv and couch means you should adjust your livingroom layout anyways or your tv should be no bigger than around 30".  The requirements are not as demanding as you and some other people seem to be making it out to be. 6 feet of space is not very much. If someone has a livingroom no bigger than a bathroom then they probably can't afford Kinect in the first place or live in a super tiny apartment.

We're takling law of averages here.  More people with large rooms will (probably) have a large coffee table or other object in the way even if their couch is eight to nine feet away (which I'd bet it often isn't.  People, even those with large TVs, tend to put the couch 6 to 7 feet from the TV).  Then there is the fact that it is likely that there are more people with smaller rooms vs larger rooms.

I don't think anyone's making this out to be bigger than it is and the whole thing started as a response to why some critics have mentioned this.  If you put the camera above the TV you should be able to get away with 6 feet from what I've seen.  So most people will be fine, but there is no doubt that, compared to Wii/Move, which by design of their games/tech aren't generally interested in seeing your lower body, more people are going to be moving coffee tables to play Kinect than with those because you can stand behind a coffee table with Wii/Move.

That's why a lot of technical reviews are mentioning it - because it's true.  You seem to be being overly defensive to a couple of back and forth discussions in a non-combative thread IMO.

Um its not hard to move a coffee table. I always moved it when I played my gf's Wii and Wii sports. Didn't feel like ramming my chins into the table. These arguments are getting ridiculous if its about moving a coffee table. People have been doing it for 4 years with the Wii.