[Official] Kinect - Over 4 million units sold!

[Spookie]

would have been more funny I guessif at leats one of them was accurate, but eh.

Go be miserable elsewhere.

Someone, rather amusingly, has shopped the running meme at the moment.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Not mine, but funny :p

I found it funny.

would have been more funny I guessif at leats one of them was accurate, but eh.

What a shocker.

Someone, rather amusingly, has shopped the running meme at the moment.

Also funny.

[HawkMan]

Go be miserable elsewhere.

Someone, rather amusingly, has shopped the running meme at the moment.

wow... that one's only like 12 months old. amazing...

on the other hand, it's wrong, what xbro's believe is what's happening :p

[HawkMan]

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So, Kinect Beta people, can you tell me how long the dedicated Kinect power cord is specific to the Xbox 360 S?

I don't remember ow long some of the cables are specifically, but Ido remember that the cords are DAMN long.

if I remember correctly, there's the regular long cord from kinect to the xbox which ends in the Kinect USB plug. you then have a Y adapter for this for regular Xbox' that you plug into the xbox, and you plug the freakishly long power cord into that again. and yes, it was REALLY long.

[Hedon]

I don't remember ow long some of the cables are specifically, but Ido remember that the cords are DAMN long.

if I remember correctly, there's the regular long cord from kinect to the xbox which ends in the Kinect USB plug. you then have a Y adapter for this for regular Xbox' that you plug into the xbox, and you plug the freakishly long power cord into that again. and yes, it was REALLY long.

Thanks Hawk. I am interested in the "Kinect USB" plug length for sure. I am hoping it's 9-10 feet. I need to run it behind my wall into the media room.

[Sikh]

Thanks Hawk. I am interested in the "Kinect USB" plug length for sure. I am hoping it's 9-10 feet. I need to run it behind my wall into the media room.

You can always pick up a USB Extension cable. 10ft for $1.50 @ monoprice. Just ordered some, there damn thick, damn long, and work very well. Stronger then most retail $25+ cables.

I love monoprice ha.

On topic, Ill be buying kinect during christmas, when we get "employee appreciation" and I get a whopping 35% discount + trade in bonuses ='s kinect for damn cheap.

[HawkMan]

You can always pick up a USB Extension cable. 10ft for $1.50 @ monoprice. Just ordered some, there damn thick, damn long, and work very well. Stronger then most retail $25+ cables.

I love monoprice ha.

On topic, Ill be buying kinect during christmas, when we get "employee appreciation" and I get a whopping 35% discount + trade in bonuses ='s kinect for damn cheap.

you can't just extend USB cables, not when it's for stuff that requires a lot of power. heck printers alone can get into all kinds of fits because they don't get enough power from an extended or crap USB cable.

and Kinect requires more than USB can normally give, so I couldn't extend the cables outside of what MS gives int he pack. the cable from the Kinect unit to the xbox can't be extended anyway since it's a special plug. but it to is pretty long. I won't have any problems placing my xbox a long distance away from the TV.

Now I just need the damn thing to launch so I can buy one of those brackets to attach to the back of the tv to mount Kinect on top of the tv. without tacky solutions.

[Hedon]

You can always pick up a USB Extension cable.

As Hawk says below, the cable isn't a standard USB cable. :( However, Hawk says it's pretty damn long, so I think I will be safe.

[HawkMan]

The kinect cable is at least 2m, the power cable from the Y connector is more than that again.

[Hedon]

The kinect cable is at least 2m, the power cable from the Y connector is more than that again.

That is a little over 6 feet, which might not be enough, so hopefully it's more. Otherwise I have to use the power and standard USB, which would suck ass.

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

I managed to get the Dance Central and Joyride betas to work that could be downloaded under Viva Pinata on the marketplace the other week.

If you are in the dash preview beta load either of the games up, after the Kinect warning press the guide button as the screen goes black. The beta will then load and not force you to exit because the Kinect sensor is not connected.

Of course you can not actually play the games without a Kinect sensor, you can just navigate the main menu's and such. Hey, its the closest I will get to Kinect until its released anyway :p

Some pretty un-interesting videos I made of that:

[Hedon]

Thought this commercial was kinda funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwDKyuPqdXw

[Minifig]

So you need to be:

- White

- Standing up

- Beardless

- Have a clean living room

- Have even lighting

- Quiet house

- Not be into Metallica

Well.. James Hetfield is out of luck. :laugh:

[spenser.d]

you can't just extend USB cables, not when it's for stuff that requires a lot of power. heck printers alone can get into all kinds of fits because they don't get enough power from an extended or crap USB cable.

and Kinect requires more than USB can normally give, so I couldn't extend the cables outside of what MS gives int he pack. the cable from the Kinect unit to the xbox can't be extended anyway since it's a special plug. but it to is pretty long. I won't have any problems placing my xbox a long distance away from the TV.

Kinect doesn't get its power through USB, so that's not the issue. As you say though, the special plug is the issue.

[HawkMan]

Kinect doesn't get its power through USB, so that's not the issue. As you say though, the special plug is the issue.

errr, it does actually, the special plug IS USB, but as I said, it comes with a Y connector for those with old consoles, where you get USB on one part and the power into the other. there's still only one cable going to the kinect unit. and that is a USB cable with a special plug for higher power.

Which means it would suffer the same problem as USB power, too long cables causes voltage drops, so you can't use extensions(it's actually a problem with all DC cables, but most provide a good overhead to avoid it. or have higher gauge to limit the issue.) the prioblem with USB is that it provides 5v, and because it's fairly low, most devices require exactly 5 volt as well, causing crap cables or cables above 2 meters to crap on the voltage drop.

[BajiRav]

errr, it does actually, the special plug IS USB, but as I said, it comes with a Y connector for those with old consoles, where you get USB on one part and the power into the other. there's still only one cable going to the kinect unit. and that is a USB cable with a special plug for higher power.

Which means it would suffer the same problem as USB power, too long cables causes voltage drops, so you can't use extensions(it's actually a problem with all DC cables, but most provide a good overhead to avoid it. or have higher gauge to limit the issue.) the prioblem with USB is that it provides 5v, and because it's fairly low, most devices require exactly 5 volt as well, causing crap cables or cables above 2 meters to crap on the voltage drop.

so I guess he can use Kinect as someone would do on an older Xbox. Use longer USB cable and provide power into the other end?

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

I seriously need to update the OP.

Need to book like a week's holiday to get it done :p

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

According to GameInformer MS are making it difficult to get software to review

[Spookie]

Jesus. Gameinformer having trouble getting software to review? Never thought I'd hear the day. :/

[bob_c_b]

This is by no means in defense of Kinect, I think it's cool but I doubt the launch games will be great, but who gives an F what Game Informer says? Let alone one reviewer on his Twtiter feed, if it's a serious issue GI should post it on their site and risk the possible wrath of MS public relations. I have little use for most of the gaming press for that matter, most suck at reviews and are only good for preview pieces. I find forums like this combined with demos far more useful than any of the so called gaming press, but of course that requires me to wait until stuff is released to make most purcahses, or make leaps of faith.

[Hedon]

No worries, MS has sent our website review software for Kinect, so it's all good :)

[Ayepecks]

According to GameInformer MS are making it difficult to get software to review

He says Sony sent the Move about a month in advance... there's still over a week until the Kinect is a month from release. Seems like a similar time frame to me, but what do I know besides basic math?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

He says Sony sent the Move about a month in advance... there's still over a week until the Kinect is a month from release. Seems like a similar time frame to me, but what do I know besides basic math?

It comes out November the 4th so you don't know basic math either ;)

[Ayepecks]

It comes out November the 4th so you don't know basic math either ;)

My bad, I thought it was a November 20 global release date... just checked the Wikipedia and that's only Japan.

[George P Global Moderator]

Who cares? MS can send review kits to whoever they want and whenever they want. Game sites aren't somehow special because they're game sites. Even if they get it a week before release they should just be happy they get one at all.