after trying Infamous 2 with Move it's hard to go back to dual-analogue for shooters.. I'm currently playing Far Cry 2 (no move) aswell and I'm just so slooow and bad with that set up, luckily the AI is really bad in that game so I do have enough time to aim

I didn't buy both kinect and move along with my consoles, so it's fine for me ;)

If you took my Kinect away at this point, I would freak. Last week I was sick and moved my Xbox into the bedroom and as Im laying there, i'm like, I'll finish Limbo. "Xbox Bing Limbo." Nothing happened. I said it three time before I realized the Kinect wasn't there. I go through the menu, get to limbo,play the game. I then go to watch some Tru Blood. "Xbox Apps" Nothing. /cry After the first episode, I go "Xbox next Episode". Nothing. Wake up the controller. Wait for it to register, click click click. It's SO annoying. I use it constantly. All the time. ALL THE TIME. And I absolutely love it and wish I could run my whole TV setup through it. I love that when I'm cooking I can pause the show and go tot he next episode and rewind verbally. I love that when I'm working on my computer across the room I can control the Tv and never stop typing.

And yes. I would pay the $129 I paid for my Kinect just for that feature. And next gen, it's gonna to be in the box for every single user. Mark it down. And THEN developers really have the motivation to use it, when the potential install base is 60 million+ instead of 20 late in a cycle.

I kinda get the whole, carelessly using voice controls thing.

I was watching a movie with my friend, and at one point I wanted to grab something to drink and I said, "Xbox Pause" wondered why it didn't work and made myself continue to look like a jackass by saying it one more time, then I remembered I wasn't using my xbox. My friends had this wtf look on his face the whole time lol.

OT: game wise, Kinect hasn't done much for me, but I've still have had a lot of fun with it; fun that you just can't have with a regular controller, and those are the moments that I will look back on. Here's hoping Steel battalion:HA delivers cause that that and maybe Fable: Journey are the only games I might get for it this year.

Sorry but Microsoft knows they couldn't fool the core with the Kinect which is why their goal has always been to make "kinect for the core". They knew the casuals would fall for any fad that came around. Microsoft has proved that in the gaming industry that hype and marketing is stronger than your ability to make or put out games.

Kinect was made for one reason: To get some of Nintendo's casual marketshare pie.

Kinect is awesome for the voice commands, Dashboard and Games. Games like Skyrim are definitely better with Kinect.

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Thanks, that made me laugh. Not worth $150 dollars for me though. Kinect still hasn't gone down in price in Canada. And it wouldn't be all that useful anyway without live since I use a ps3 for Netflix and blu-ray. I also get annoyed when the 360 controller falls asleep while watching a hd-dvd, is there an option so it stays on like the ps3 controller?

Universal voice control would be nice but probably a long way off. I just gave up looking for the tv remote again, luckily the tv still has some buttons. 3 different remotes to watch tv, movies or play games, not easy to keep track of with kids.

Exactly. Kinect may not replace a normal controller (or may be a voice control peripheral) but its main target has always been the wii-oriented casual crowd, and in this it has been more than successful. Even if this may have occurred at the expense of hardcore games. 

Personally I think the best motion controller (and what might happen next gen) would be a mix of kinect AND move style motion controller - i.e. a device that can switch from a hands-free control (like kinect) for certain body-using games such as dance,  to the move/wii wand based more accurate control for shooting and adventure type games. Since there are rumours of sony developing their own kinect-style system, maybe we will get to see this in action sometime. Hopefully.