The technology behind much of Microsoft’s Kinect – PrimeSense – isn’t exclusive to the Xbox 360. It’ll soon be appearing in other gadgets, from TV sets to computers. More »
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Microsoft has boosted the video game-related capabilities of its Bing search engine, integrating around 100 PC casual games directly into the service and hooking up search results to IGN’s 35,000-strong game database. When users search for supported casual games, including standards like Solitaire and Blackjack as well as newer games from well-known developers like PopCap (Bejeweled, Plants vs. Zombies), the search results now include the option to “Play now.” That link leads directly to an …
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Microsoft is continuing to ramp up its focus on a broader market on its Xbox 360 console with the Xbox Live Gold Family Pass, a package that offers up to four individual memberships. The family package is half of what it would cost for four normal one-year memberships, which regularly cost each, Microsoft said Tuesday. The deal comes prior to the release of the mass market-targeted Kinect motion-sensing camera due to launch later …
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Microsoft gears up for the launch of family-friendly Kinect this fall with the Xbox Live Gold Family subscription plan, delivering four Xbox Live Gold memberships for the price of two, plus a host of new features and family-exclusive content. More »
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Yet another retailer has listed the Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 at a price of 9.99, but this time, it’s a little different: the price is on Microsoft’s own site. Over on the Microsoft Store, the “Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360″ is clearly listed (and available for preorder on November 4) at 9.99. We’ve screencapped the image above, just in case it gets removed in the future.
Of course, this still doesn’t confirm the price for certain — the retail side may have no more inside information from the company than any other retailer does, and may be simply listing what it expects the price to be. Or, the price may have gone live early accidentally, pending an official announcement. Either way, throw another piece of evidence on the pile for a 9.99 price on Microsoft’s controller-free gaming system.
[Thanks, Michael!]
Microsoft Store website lists Kinect for 9.99 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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“We’re going to take more of an attitude of seeing what the adoption looks like,” Penello said. “Right now, there’s nothing technically that we can’t do on the 3D side – we already have games out there today.” He reminded CVG that Microsoft is not totally opting out of 3D gaming: ”
But for us right now, we’re more on the 3D input take, you know, revolutionising things with Kinect.” In other words, in Nintendo-land, you look at games in 3D. But in Xbox-land, games look at you!
Microsoft waiting for more 3D adoption before joining the race originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft asks itself hard questions in an internal Q&A document obtained by Kotaku, including whether the larger investment in PC gaming brought on by Fable III is different than the other times it promised the same and didn’t deliver. More »
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Ask the right questions, get the right answers. An internal marketing Q&A for Microsoft about confirm that Kinect will be bundled with consoles, and a 9 configuration of its new Xbox 360 will be available this fall. More »
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