Now you can preorder the new Xbox controller, Kinect, that is all the buzz in the video game world.

The showdown over movement-controlled video game playing has shot one more step ahead with Microsoft introduction of the price on its Kinect Xbox 360 accessory.

The firm has put together the system, which connects into the Xbox 360 gaming console, obtainable for pre-orders on for $149 US. The pre-order conditions said the Kinect’s price tag could change prior to its Nov. 4 kick off. The company, however, will honor whichever cost is the lowest.

A spokesperson for Microsoft was not able to officially verify the Kinect’s price, but the suggestion will probably end rumors about the maximum cost. Gaming industry advisors had indicated the Kinect, which delivers advanced voice-recognition and motion-sensor technology, could be priced at up to $399.

Microsoft hopes the new Xbox controller, which makes it possible for gaming and movie playback without any sort of handheld device, will help it grow the Xbox 360′s current audience over and above core video gamers. The gaming system console add-on is to be introduced with 15 games, varying from racing to fitness titles.

The Kinect will be competitive against Nintendo’s Wii, which made popular movement control when it came out in 2006, and Sony’s Move controller, starting this fall. Naysayers have said Microsoft and Sony are taking part in catch-up to Nintendo, which is being victorious the struggle over the present generation of video game consoles. All the while, Nintendo has sold more than 70 million Wii units, compared with Microsoft’s 40 million Xbox 360 consoles and Sony’s 35 million PlayStation 3 units.

Kinect may have an edge over challengers due to the fact it is the only one that doesn’t require a controller of any kind. Microsoft has also done wonders at securing the assistance of third-party developers, something Nintendo has had trouble doing.

“If you look at the innovative experiences we’ve been able to pull off with Xbox Live [online gaming] and third parties in general, we really expect to have some pretty amazing games and some really great support for this,” Craig Flannagan, Xbox Canada platform manager, said at media demonstration of Kinect in Toronto on Tuesday. “Those factors are all going to roll in the most robust support you’ve ever seen for a motion platform.”

Some experts have said that a current slowdown in Wii sales could suggest hard times for Microsoft’s and Sony’s motion-control efforts, while others expect sales to be good. One possibility is that the crowd is waiting (like me), to see what pans out for the Christmas season offerings. Microsoft hopes to sell three million Kinect devices by the year end.

At E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) 2009 in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled Kinect using the code name Project Natal. They announced Kinect’s official name at this year’s E3.

The concept is riveting although it certainly needs a lot of one-of-a-kind top quality software to ensure a great user experience.

Of course, if the Kinect is successful this may be the beginning of a multi-generational product cycle.

You can preorder your own new Xbox controller at Microsoft.com , by clicking here: Kinect

In this video the Xbox new controller, christened at E3 2010 as Kinect, is fairly well explained.

The video features some who were involved in the development of this motion sensor game controller. They explain certain aspects of the technology and people’s extraordinary reaction to it.

Kinect has the opportunity to put the kid back in all of us. To do so, the Xbox 360 will have to have games and other applications designed to take full advantage of the system.

Will the Xbox and the Kinect controller allow us to suspend disbelief so we can be right in the action? There seems to be a good chance it can. But hey, I’m an optimist!

Here is a video of opening and unpacking the new Xbox 360 250 gig, which features:

• New touch sensitive buttons.
• This Xbox is about as heavy as the existing Xbox.
• It seems to be quieter than recent Xboxes.

In this video they discuss some of the new specs and capabilities of the new Xbox including the new sensor controller called Kinect, while they unbox the 250 gig unit at E3 in Los Angeles.

Once known as “Project Natal,” Xbox 360 maker Microsoft has christened their hands-free game controller “Kinect”.  Basically it is a device that lets players be the game controller. The new Xbox controller was hugely popular at the E3 2010 gathering in Los Angeles.

Some games available for Kinect will be Your Shape and Dance Central. Physical fitness is an obvious theme. The bowling game might be interesting. The Kinect requires no controller and is pretty good at recognizing you and what your doing.

New Xbox Controller Kinect at E3 2010

What Kinect needs to be wildly successful is the most compelling game in the world. Can it be done? We will see…

Oh, pricing looks to be $149 come November.

Sony announced its own motion-sensing controller to compete with the Wii and Xbox’s Project Natal, at E3.

Here are some details mentioned:

• Scheduled launch date: Spring 2010
• When it comes to market it will be available to a “range of first-party and third-party content.”
• This new controller will function “with any games across all genres from casual to core.”
• “Face-tracking and head-tracking capability already in the PS3 SDK” will offer developers “powerful tools for new types of user interaction.”
• Works with the PlayStation Eye’s built-in microphone array for voice input and voice recognition.
• There can be up to four of the new motion controllers can be tracked at once by the PlayStation Eye.
• May combine motion control wand and PS3 controller functions.  “the motion controller as a sword and use DualShock 3 as a shield.”
• Utilizing PS3′s power: ”motion-tracking library has some SPU overhead and has an impact on memory as well, although these will be minimized.”

Will you adapt to this new kind of moving around gaming interaction, or will you still like to veg out – couch potato-like – mashing a controller  with your thumbs?

A hands-on experience with XBOX 360 Project Natal at the  E3 show.

Here basketball players Jordan Farmar and Josh Shipp check out the new xbox controler.

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new xbox contoller already incorporated into the console.

A brand-new gesture-based motion control system from Microsoft was unveiled on June 1st at E3. Known, right now, as  Project Natal this new XBOX controller makes use of an advanced camera and microphone system to grease the wheels of three-dimensional motion tracking, facial and voice recognition.

The high tech device was used to demonstrate new game experiences, including a facsimile of a virtual character that relayed one’s own movement in action games, interacting with an Artificial Intelligence character by passing real items into the XBOX world. Users have interface options that allow movement through menus with the wave of a hand.

The concern for Project Natal is that this technology will not be inexpensive. Although Microsoft has not released pricing, the company will be unlikely to include Natal in each Xbox 360 sold and keep its current pricing.  They do say, however, that the new controller will work with all XBOX360. For peripherals this will likely be an expensive (and essential?) option.

Using the new XBOX Controller

Project Natal hands-free controller and the Playstation Motion Controller both have to battle it out with  the Wii Remote, which has gone main stream and made some of the most unlikely people into gamers. The new technologies will make for an interesting competition in the video gaming console wars.