> “The Kinect’s astonishing technology creates a completely new activity that’s social, age-spanning and even athletic. Microsoft owes a huge debt to the Nintendo Wii, yes, but it also deserves huge credit for catapulting the motion-tracking concept into a mind-boggling new dimension. Just this once, the gods have lifted the Curse of the Microsoft Hardware.”
— [Kinect for Xbox Helps Users Feel the Rush, and Maybe Sweat - NYTimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/technology/personaltech/04pogue.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1288930360-2dURjz%20H1MYnd%20aB3vwF5w)