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| XBOX 360 S with new controller |
This Christmas in 2012, one of the gifts I decided to write my personal review about was on this specific gift, XBOX 360 4 GB KINECT Bundle and some of the games I received for it:
- KINECT Adventures (Part of the bundle)
- KINECT Disneyland Adventures (Also part of the bundle)
- Just Dance 4
- ABC Wipeout: In The Zone
- NBA Baller Beats
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
When I first opened the box, I was able to expect no HDMI cable in there. So then, when setting up the XBOX 360, I shared the HDMI cable of my Blu-ray Disc player and used it with my HDTV in this configuration. I set up the system and the user experience with the modern GUI (Well known in Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, and Windows RT) has been an excellent experience in any game console ever since the menu with channels in the Wii console from Nintendo, the competitors of Microsoft which I still adore.
THE CONTROLLER
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My experience with the wireless controller was also stellar. I had been having no trouble at all navigating through any interface with the controller after being familiar with it so much (Despite not having used one since the console's launch in very late 2006), I was able to control nearly a lot of special things I had never done before with the controller in my life. Basically, I love it.
KINECT for XBOX 360
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| KINECT for XBOX 360 |
The new KINECT sensor released on November 2, 2010 was also one of the most interesting game peripherals I had ever seen in the history of video gaming with motion. Ever since the Wii console launched in 2006, almost 95 million consoles have been sold from its launch to today. And later when PlayStation Move for the PS3 arrived in mid-2010, it also sold very well. And the
KINECT sensor for XBOX 360 is very well going to be a gateway drug to people who never considered an XBOX 360 until now. I think Microsoft has made an excellent choice to release KINECT for Windows because I adored the sensor on the XBOX 360, developers will adore the sensor on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Not only developers, but also me, too.
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 AND THE XBOX 360
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| Media Player 11 recognizes XBOX 360, but XBOX 360 recognizes no files. |
I do adore Media Player 11, but XBOX 360 doesn't recognize any files. It says it's blank. So Microsoft stuff can get some quirks. But, I was able to use the files on my USB Thumb Drives and Sticks and SDHC cards through an SDHC card reader. Windows XP, which my sister has had, is not the Media Center Edition from 2005, and I'm forced to copy files from my Windows 7 Media Center to this PC to get XBOX 360 to interact with Windows Media Center. Playing MP4 files on the stick is an XBOX LIVE-only thing that didn't work. So MP3 files and WMV files are my way of videos on the sticks and thumbs that are USB. So I'll try Windows Media Center later on the XBOX 360 if I can get the files in.
Games on my personal side are VERY personal things to review. And they can't be reviewed.
That is all, Thank you.
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