and viceversa. i think the bigg3 in general will be showing us things we havn't seen before. not just MS,Sony, or Nintendo overall!

it would be nice to have a gun perifial with any shooter that comes to natal!

Amazon means nothing.

You might have a point if Microsoft knew what the hell they were doing, but it's all so incredibly half-baked. They looked at Nintendo making money hand over fist and said, "We want that." So they bought some interesting technology that seemed like it might be able to "out-Wii the Wii" and made a bunch of gamez 4 teh casualz. Problem is, said games are less Nintendo and more... Gameloft.

They heard something about a 3D camera and bought the first thing that popped up.

I don't buy your interpretation of events. Maybe its because I spend the most time on the www.beyond3d.com forums where the signal:noise ratio is about 10x greater. Because of this I never expected or anticipated Kinect to be anything but a basic interface and I factored that into my expectations/anticipation. The Xbox 360 already has a more advanced interface in the form of the standard controller, no need to replicate that again. Why release another controller where your wrist simply replaces the right thumb stick?

In terms of cost @$149 at the highest end of the typical range its still within the realms of the price of the comparable PS-Move controller and it does add functionality which the Move doesn't replicate. It has value as both a game controller and a media interface, hell given the fact it can do what the Wii Fit controller does it definately brings a lot of value even if its $149.

Its not and will never be the Xbox 360 core controller. Thats the original controller you get with every single Xbox 360. Its an extension which focuses on the wide spread of the market which isn't covered by the controller itself. Its a killer media interface, something which the Wiimote and Move controllers are not. It encompasses a whole range of physical movement based games which is why the name Kinect was chosen.

right now slim is number 1 on sales charts. Kinect outside of top 100. (move at 27 fyi)

My guess is that most of the press was thinking the same thing: "Whoa, they're popping out right at me!  The 3DS games are neat too."

I never thought I could ever agree with you on something...

The point was missed. It's about critical reception - and mainly the reception of the gaming community. Sure Nintendo put on a great show in '06, but up until 2008 people still doubted the Nintendo Wii, and it's contribution to good gaming. Titles such as Wii Fit, Super Mario Galaxy, and others helped push Nintendo beyond successful with their efforts. The point is...Microsoft is in a position much like Nintendo was when it first introduced the idea of motion based gaming. When it comes to critical reception from the gaming community at least. It's a gimmick most say, or it's only for casuals...my favorite - simply, "fail". Yet the same things were said of Nintendo's Wii, and we all can clearly see how that turned out. While Kinect may not be (ok let's be real, it won't) as successful as the Wii, that doesn't mean it'll bomb/fail.

Remember when it was codenamed the "Revolution"...then unveiled as the, "Wii"?

Remember how people said, "No one wants to wave a remote at the screen! Gimme my controller!" (you get the point).

It's a new approach to a established, and successful way of gaming. Give it time. I'm just trying to stay positive here, God knows i ate alot of crow when i misjudged the the Wii's control scheme, and success.