Xbox 360 Kinect Motion Controller Comes November 4 at $150 [Kinect]

Microsoft\’s locked down their Kinect pricing, availability and bundling, and it\’s mostly what everyone knew. It\’s $150 on November 4 for the standalone, and $300 bundled with a 4GB version of the recent, smaller Xbox.

As we discovered back at E3, there\’s an \” arcade\” version of the hot Xbox 360. That might be $200 on August 3, come with 4GB of flash storage and built-in Wi-Fi. The adaptation between this and the large brother standard version is that the hard disk drive slot is empty (however it is there, for later expansion), and is derived in a matte finish.

Both the $150 standalone Kinect and the $300 bundle will come with Kinect Adventures, basically Microsoft\’s version of Wii Sports (but probably not sports, more like outdoor activities).

Microsoft has also said that their first-party Kinect games will probably be $50, $10 under the traditional $60 games now. When asked in regards to the small discount, Microsoft said that they wanted to attract the casual gamer more with the lower cost.

I also asked in regards to the Wal-mart retail bundles where they package a game, a $30 gift card and the Kinect for $200. Microsoft has no direct control over these, but it surely seems likely that Wal-mart will either lower the associated fee or add in another game, seeing as you\’re actually paying $20 more than the common-or-garden retail price for this bundle.

Oh, and they\’ve also locked down the associated fee of Dance Central, our favorite Kinect game to date, to $50.

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