CES 2012: Kinect coming to Windows PCs February 1

Share

• Copy link
• Facebook
• X
• Whatsapp
• Pinterest
• Flipboard
• Email

Share this article

Join the conversation

Follow us

Add us as a preferred source on Google

Newsletter

Get the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more

Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors

---

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

You are now subscribed

Your newsletter sign-up was successful

---

Want to add more newsletters?

Every Friday

GamesRadar+

Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.

Signup +

Every Thursday

GTA 6 O'clock

Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.

Signup +

Every Friday

Knowledge

From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.

Signup +

Every Thursday

The Setup

Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.

Signup +

Every Wednesday

Switch 2 Spotlight

Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.

Signup +

Every Saturday

The Watchlist

Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.

Signup +

Once a month

SFX

Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!

Signup +

---

An account already exists for this email address, please log in.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Whether you use it or just stare at it quizzically, Kinect has been a big success for Microsoft. In fact, at CES they revealed they’ve shipped more than 18 million add-ons for the 360 since it launched in late 2010. And now Microsoft has given a very concrete date for Kinect spreading its influence to your PC starting February 1.

But hold your horses, this doesn’t mean you can just plug in your current Kinect into your PC and go to town, because you’ll need a separate Kinect for PC, and it isn’t cheap. Amazon prices Kinect on the PC as $250, which is $100 more than it’s going for on the 360 on Amazon. Also, Microsoft was short on any news on games for the machine (it did list a few apps for the hardware), though it probably will work well with the Windows 8 interface that looks so similar to the current 360 dashboard. But why, when hackers have proven the current Kinect can work on a PC, is Microsoft launching a separate, more expensive Kinect with so little software support in less than a month? We’re pretty confused at the moment. More as it develops.