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"mommy mommy! i wanna play that animals game for the k... k..."

"kinect honey?"

"ya! can i please?????"

"maybe for christmas"

@ store

"how much is the kinect?"

"well it costs $150"

"for the whole thing?"

"no just for the camera"

"well what else do i need to buy?"

"an xbox 360"

"why do i need to buy an xbox 360?"

"well because that's what the games run on, Kinect is just a camera peripheral, but you need it in order to play games"

"ok, how much is an xbox 360?"

"well we've got these older xbox 360's on discount for $150 but we've also got these new models for $300"

"$300?!?! so that means $450, without even any games?"

"yeah that's right, games are $40 each for Kinect"

"well forget the $300, lets just go with the $150 version"

"now this version won't let you download extra content from the Xbox Live Marketplace"

"what is that?"

"well that's where you get extra content for games like Halo or Call of Duty"

"we don't want that in our house"

"ok, that's $340 for an Arcade 360, Kinect, and Kinectimals, now you'll also need an extra cable for that to work"

"an extra cable? what for?"

"well because the old models need an extra cable from Microsoft in order to work with Kinect"

"REALLY? how much is that?"

"$15"

"alright fine, it's still cheaper than buying that $300 xbox"

@ home on christmas day:

"we got you Kinectimals!"

"yaaaaaaaaaay! lets go play!"

"alright, lets set this up and turn it on and..."

RROD

"wat"

...

yeah that's pretty much how it'll go down

:?

Timstuff

That is, assuming there are any arcade units left by then. Microsoft has already discontinued all older models of Xbox and are only manufacturing slims now. Unless they've got a few hundred k Arcade units stockpiled for a holiday bundle with Kinect, I doubt that anyone will be able to buy the full setup for $300. The cheapest I can see them offering it for is $400, since they may take the HDD out of the 360 slim and sell it as the 360 Slim Arcade for $250, which means that with the Kinect it would be $400. And then you end up with this:

Mom: "So it costs $400 just to play this!? Wait, what's that thing over there?"

Clerk: "Oh, that's the PS3 bundle. It comes with a camera, a controller, and the special Move motion controller."

Mom: "Wait, so they both come with cameras, but this one comes with two controllers?"

Clerk "Yes."

Mom: "And they cost the same price?"

Clerk: "Yes."

Mom: "I'll take it! And throw in a copy of that Eyepet game, I'll get that instead of Kinectimals."