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    News - Microsoft's Kinect becomes best selling new category ever

    The motion-sensing gaming controller surpasses the iPad with a rates of 100,000 units per day.
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    Re: News - Microsoft's Kinect becomes best selling new category ever

    Isn't it usually at this point that some patent troll comes sliming out of the woodwork with a lawyer in tow? (must be less cynical in future)

    Not got much liking for Microsoft, but is it me or are they undergoing a bit of a renaissance in the past year? Windows7 seems to be well liked, HomeServer doesn't seem to be the waste of space that some were predicting (and yes I did read the recent kerfuffle about Drive Extender), the latest XBox respin seems to be quite good (certainly the one I traded in for is), Windows7 phone seems to be doing okay, and now Kinect is doing well.

    Even with the WHS v's DE issue, they give the appearance of being less evil than they were previously (offering to "review" the decision). So if these are the signs of a "less evil" MS then I give it a thumbs up. As such I wish them well with Kinect.

    Naiveté aside, I'm still praying hard that they haven't bought the Linux patents from Novell though ...

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    Re: News - Microsoft's Kinect becomes best selling new category ever

    Intro on Hexus home page has what I think is a typo: "The motion-sensing gaming controller surpasses the iPad with a rates of 100,000 units per day."

    I have to agree with crossy, a very different Microsoft is emerging which seems to be welcomed by it's customers. I'm pleased with Windows 7 so far

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    Re: News - Microsoft's Kinect becomes best selling new category ever

    I'm still not convinced with Kinetic - It has no killer games that I can see yet. It also feels very expensive for what it is. Maybe that's just me but I'm not going to purchasing on just yet. I'd rather have a new PC graphics card for that kind of money.
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    Re: News - Microsoft's Kinect becomes best selling new category ever

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    I'm still not convinced with Kinetic - It has no killer games that I can see yet. It also feels very expensive for what it is. Maybe that's just me but I'm not going to purchasing on just yet. I'd rather have a new PC graphics card for that kind of money.
    So I guess you're not that impressed with Forza 4 (spotted the logo for FM3 on your sig) where we're supposed to be able to use Kinect to "drive" the car and do MP with other folks being pit crew. Think that the driving bit could be pretty poor, but the pit crew stuff could be good for a giggle.

    Besides I thought you were saving for a Sony Live View for your X10 ...

    (he says, ... ducking and running in the opposite direction as fast as possible)

    Joking aside, it's early days for Kinect so it's common sense that the best games are yet to hit the street. Good sales figures for it have got to be an incentive to encourage developers to pick up on it. What interests me is what the XBLA community can do with it - since there seems to be a lot of real clever folks on there at the moment.

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