Batteries Emotion: Microsoft motion controller Kinect information

Microsoft motion controller Kinect information

The available price for the basic package contains the hardware and the game Kinect Adventures. Bundled with a new slim version of Xbox 360 costs $ 299 Kinect. The launch takes place on 4 November.

Microsoft has given the prize for his motion controller Kinect known. The control device for the Xbox 360 game console, the sensor-similar to Nintendo’s Wiimote and Sony’s Move movements of the player using multiple cameras registered, will cost $ 149.

In addition to the basic package of hardware, the game Kinect Adventures is included. Bundled with an Xbox 360 costs $ 299 Kinect. Market launch in the U.S. is the fourth November.

For months over the price of the developed under the name "Project Natal" movement controller had been speculated. The spectrum ranged 80-200 dollars. In mid-June Kinect then dipped in Microsoft’s online store, at a price of $ 149.99. No official confirmation was yet sufficient.

Microsoft also has a new variant of its featured on the E3 Slim version of the Xbox 360 announced, which is equipped with 4 GB of internal flash memory. Unlike the Xbox 360 S, with its glossy finish has the 199-dollar remake a matt black surface. You will also be on 4 November on the market and be included in the Kinect bundle.

According to Microsoft product manager Aaron Greenberg, the Slim version of the Xbox 360 has so far sold "quite good". According to calculations by the NPD Group, it exceeded 452 000 in June with sales of the competitor Sony Playstation 3 and Wii from Nintendo, though they did not come until mid-June in the trade.

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First official image of the motion controller product "Natal Project", which is now called "Kinect (Image: Microsoft)