During Microsoft’s CES 2012 keynote speech, it was announced that Kinect for Windows will be launching on February 1st.  Amazon currently has the PC Kinect device listed at a sale price of $249.99.

The Kinect for Windows supports voice commands and hand gestures and features an improvement over the Xbox 360 Kinect version when it comes to how well the Kinect picks up movements at a closer level which is something many Kinect gamers have been complaining about with some games including the popular workout regime, Your Shape Fitness Evolved series.  I myself am one of those complainers and can vouch for the issue with the recently release Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012.

One has to wonder with Microsoft implementing Kinect into what seems to be all of their major brands, what exactly is the end game plan for this motion controlled device that made the Wii look like child’s play?

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Someone better release something to allow you to do the same thing with the Xbox version.

Lessons in first iterations of hardware. I do hope they release an open development kit for it too. PC users have already done some amazing hacks with the Xbox one. Will be awesome to see what comes from this one.

It should be cross platform compatible between the 360 and PC, like the controllers. Pretty steep investment for PC only, but might not be so bad if it works on both.