In case you were waiting for Microsoft to come out with something more unique than the slim new Xbox 360, it looks like you won’t have to wait that long. They’re coming out with a new Halo: Reach-themed limited edition kit that comes with enough bells and whistles to make it stand out from the crowd of regular Xboxes. Not that we’d really take a gaming console to a place where we can lose it in a crowd of consoles, but we’re pretty sure some of you look—and pay a little bit more—for this kind of uniqueness. To the tune of $400, or $100 more over the vanilla Xbox 360 S.
If you thought batting around the Wii was fun, then you’re probably pretty hyped up about Microsoft’s Kinect that’ll let you use more than your arm to move around a game world. So here’s the important part (in case you missed the title up there): The Kinect will officially start shipping on November 4th in North America. For everyone else on the fence, you might want to catch the Kinect Experience mobile demo tour they’re going to be holding this summer, where they’ll let you fool around with “Kinect Sports,” “Kinectimals,” “Kinect Joy Ride,” “Kinect Adventures” and MTV Games’ and Harmonix’s “Dance Central” in case you want to try it out first.
Check the demo tour schedule, along with a couple of old videos of a Wii-playing dog after the break, just so we can all remember how far we’ve gone.
Everyone who’s been a Windows user for the past few years would agree that Vista was a big let-down. Case in point? A lot of people—XP users, mostly—skipped on Vista altogether and jumped from XP to Windows 7. The fact that Vista, well, sucked, was so established that Microsoft willingly admits to it. Like recently, when Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner used the Vista reference to describe the iPhone 4, as if ‘Vista’ was a new term for some kind of tech industry product fail.
Microsoft didn’t announce the official pricing when they showed off the motion-sensing Kinect accessory during E3, but it’s been rumored to cost around $150 during the time. An online listing on Microsoft’s online store almost confirms the price ($149.99) when it ships on November 4th. We have to say “almost” because apparently, they’re not so sure about the price either. According to a note on the page, it’s only an estimate, so prices could still change between now and the launch date. So yeah, we’re almost sure that the rumors are true.
