Microsoft Xbox 360 Console

The Microsoft Xbox 360 Console is the new way to have fun! You can customize your console with different input devices, like controllers, wireless headsets, cables, and others. And now, you can use it with Kinect, which allows you to play games without using a movement-restricting controller.

In addition to being a high-tech way of enjoying games, parents also will no longer have to worry about their video-game loving kids growing roots on the couch. Kinect will apparently get anyone moving, and laughing along the way! Kinect uses a technology that senses and monitors your entire body, so that every move you make is accounted for. As such, you can have more body-moving fun. It also uses facial and voice recognition technology to connect each user to a profile that is stored in its memory, making it easy to pick up on where you might have left off.

It comes with a Wi-Fi connection that allows you to connect to Xbox LIVE, where you can access HD movies as well as TV streaming.

Microsoft Xbox 360 Console Review:

The close to two hundred customers who reviewed the Microsoft Xbox 360 Console with Kinect gave it an average rating of 4.5 stars. Majority of them gave it a perfect 5.0-star rating, with only a few of them giving it 1.0 star ratings.

Some reviewers compared this gaming device with competing technologies. In terms of usage, they found the Xbox Kinect as having the most integrated navigation and function, as it allowed users to speak commands as well as use motions to navigate menus or interact with avatars, as well as playing media content. Its motion sensors were found to be highly innovative and resulting in a lot of fun. One reviewer described the Kinect as an impressive technological innovation that allowed users to get “in the game.” Another described it as “great exercise,” and shared that he decided to buy this game after having tried it out with some friends. Nearly all the reviewers liked how it got players up and moving. It was found to be very responsive to the users’ movements, and the characters were described as interacting well with one another. One user was impressed at playing a game and seeing pictures of himself at the end. Another reviewer commended the motion control for being so advanced as to allow users simply to wave their hands to scroll screens.

Price-wise, the Xbox Kinect was found to be the most value-driven versus its main competitors, as it already initially supported two players and had the capability to expand to up to six players via software updates.

In terms of its technical specs, the motion-detection technology of the Kinect was highly commended, as it can still be further improved, unlike game controllers that were always expensive to redesign, both for the company and the consumers. One reviewer complimented this game as being cooler and quieter while being a bit smaller than usual gaming device sizes. It was also found to be very easy to install, even if the user had never owned an Xbox before. One user liked how it was possible to add flash drives for additional memory. In fact, one buyer shared how even a 65-year-old grandma had fun with the kids playing with the Kinect; she described it as a fun game both for kids and adults.

Interestingly, the motion-sensor technology, which was considered the main strength of the Kinect, seemed to cause much of the issue that users had with this game. This was because it required such a big space for playing the game, which was hard to come by for some people.

In any case, we would be happy to recommend the Microsoft Xbox 360 Console with Kinect. You will be happy to see even sluggish kids getting up off the couch for this gaming device. Its family-friendliness also keeps the video games from being hogged by the kids, as just about anyone can have fun with it, and you can have fun with it all together, too. Just make sure you clear off a good space to have much legroom for maximum enjoyment of the motion-sensor-driven games.