Kinect Review

This comes from poket-lint.

First Impressions

While the technology is original, the concept isn't entirely. Thanks to Nintendo we've been bowling in our living rooms for some time, but where Microsoft has managed to succeed here is by taking that experience and increasing it.

Ditching the controller is really liberating and is only likely to help open up the genre of interactive gaming, in the truest sense, in your living room. (Kinect Games)

With that in mind, it is fair to say that if you think the idea of the Wii with its balance board and Wii Remotes is silly, Microsoft's Kinect is unlikely to change that belief. This isn't in any shape or form lazy gaming.

However, the good news is that even if you bore or tire of the Kinect features you've still got a cracking games console with plenty of decent video games either already out or to come. Add that to the entertainment functionality, Sky Player, Facebook and Twitter and whether you like Kinect or not after you've played with it you are still left with a winner, something that can't necessarily be said for the Nintendo Wii.

This is the future of gaming, and with developers already teasing us with what is possible, the journey looks like it is going to be great fun.