Yup that's right folks Kinect is a must buy if you're into motion controllers or even if you are looking forward to burning some calories I had some pretty serious weight problems and my schedule didn't allow me to hit a fitness club! And thus I bought Kinect along with Your Shape: Fitness Evolved and believe I have lost a serious number of calories in just a month!

I bought this Xbox 360 with Kinect for Christmas (for the kids). It was really easy to set up and we had it working in no time. I am no gamer but I did have a go at the included Kinect Adventures and enjoyed it - it takes photos of you as you play but I turned it off - don't really want to show and tell. It took a while for me to get the hang of waving at the sensor. On the two player option we struggle with room as it is in the kids playroom rather than our sitting room - it doesn't always recognise sideways movement. The other games we have are Joy Ride and Sonic Free Riders - the kids enjoy them more. Joy Ride is not really like driving as you pull back or push to accelerate and brake. I have Your Shape but I found it a bit bossy - I can't always lift my arms as it tells me due to an injury. If you have plenty of room the Kinect is good but we can only ever have 2 players in the space available.

The xbox kinect is amazing but it has a few faults, it is hard to actually work if you dont have instructions. It is also harder to use on multi player if you dont have a lot of space so if you are looking to buy this product it is advisable to make sure you have the space else it really isnt worth it. I love the fact you can speak to it & it responds but i dont actually know how to make it do that so please read the intructions :) When i bought it i would have got better games because i got kinect adventures which comes with the kinect but the game gets boring after a while so buy some better games :)

Well worth the buy.
Brought for Christmas and opened Christmas day to have some family Christmas fun.
Took a couple of minutes to get used too but it's well worth it.
Really responsive and is a testament to how far technology has come.

It takes snaps of you playing while you play the adventures game while your in the middle of playing which were quite comical as it shows them as a quick slide show at the end of each game.
Only tested out adventures but I'm sure the other game titles are good.
Definitely gets the heart up too!

Soooo much fun. Could never quite get excited playing the Wii, but Kinect just works exactly like you'd hope (accurate, fast) and you can't get away with just shaking a controller in a certain way - full body required at all times.

Had my partner and I in stitches all afternoon

Love it!

My X box died earlier this year and was stuck between another x box or PS3.

X box came up trumps money wise, and although the PS3 has BluRay, Kinect is much better than the microphone thing that you have with the PS3!

Happy Days!

Microsoft's Kinect is, in my opinion, overpriced for what it is. I recently spent an afternoon at a friend's house and they had just bought the Kinect along with the new Xbox 360. Now their lounge is quite slim so we had to move the sofa out of the way to get enough playing space (about 6 foot away from the sensor). We played several different games, Kinect Sports, Dance Central, Kinect Joyride and Kinect Adventures. The sensor seemed to pick us all up fine and only needed adjusting for the tallest amongst us (it couldn't pick up his arms).

The graphics are pretty good, nicer than the Wii and the Kinect games all use your Xbox avatar. We all got a good workout as we jumped, swung and moved about the room but on some games the sensor had problems understanding (the discus for example kept ending up getting thrown behind our player's backs...). We kept laughing at the playback videos as we looked pretty silly but I had thought from all the adverts that you would actually see yourself whilst playing the game and not afterwards. We found that the sensor got a little confused if you had too many people nearby so really you need a nice big lounge to happily play (oh and high ceilings too! Be careful with your light fittings).

My major problem with the Kinect is not that it isn't fun. It is. It's not that you don't get a really good workout. You do. It's the limited scope of the games. Kinect really suits active sporty games but I mainly play FPS or RPG. I can't see how I would enjoy walking on spot as I explore new areas in the game or use a weapon. Kinect is perfect as a party game accessory and you'd have hours of fun competing, but on your own it would become tiresome pretty fast.

I'm not sold. Until I can see how this fits in with my everyday game playing, £150 is a lot for something that feels a little gimmicky. If you're not sure try it out at one of your friends first. If you love the Wii then this is a big step up both in graphics and sensitivity and worth buying. If you're not a huge fan of party games then wait and see what titles they release next year before you take the plunge.