Epic failure checklist:

Can't play sitting down-- check

Only lets 2 people play when it is advertised as a party device- check

$150 pricetag- check

Software launch worthy of Wii reject status- check

A pricetag that is also as expensive as a Wii- check

Entering into a market at the same time as the competing Move product- check

Launching an expensive peripheral at the time of heavy worldwide economic concern- check

Launcahing a peripheral that is almost as expensive as the 360 console itself- check

No discounted bundle- check

Potential buyers being more wowed by the 3DS product- check

Lack of games at launch for hardcore gamers- check

EPIC FAILURE LEVEL IS VERY CLOSE TO THRESHOLD

http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Kinect-Sensor-for-Xbox-360/product/C737B081

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http://twitter.com/Stepto/status/16747731630

Stephen Toulouse:

"Guys I have nothing to do with Kinect Pricing. All prices now *no matter what the retail source* are placeholders. We've not announced. :>"

Guys, get out of here with th e"EPIC FAILURE" comments.  They're really not needed.

People can discuss this without melodramatic hyperbole, and it only serves to annoy people who are actually looking forward to the device or want to seriously discuss the impications of the price.

This is so lame....guess I won't be getting kinect (not that I really have room for it anyways)

149 is not much for 4 player gaming add on, stop pretending it is

The pre-order price guarantee is the same as it is on just about every major online retailer, and Stephen Toulouse did not deny the accuracy of the price. 

Every major retailer in the US is listing this price, and now Microsoft themselves are listing this price.  Microsoft can say "we didn't officially announce anything" all they want, but it's quite obvious they've talked to retailers (at the very least their own store) about this.  They didn't all throw this price up in unison for the hell of it.

Sorry to burst your bubble sir, but Kinect only supports 2-player gaming. 

Huh?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=398914

oh well it will get crossed off lots of people's list at that price, a $!40 price tag for something which only does eyetoy esque like games is a rip off

on the screen at once yes, but you have seen what kinect can do, can pretty much guarantee with the jumping in and out feature of players that it will still work in a sense in tandem.

But none the less its still not bad for 2, as has been mentioned move costs the same for one player, the 2 main move controls ~90-100 and the camera ~50