As for the spying I can't say what is really true. My husband is a little paranoid and disconnects the Kinect when not in use. Now the product itself is great. My boys love it (ages 14, 12, and 5) and get a great workout when they play games. We love the YooStar game, and Dance Central is our favorite. Sometimes the game play is a little funky when recording our movements but we get a kick out of the little glitches. We love playing back our recordings, especially the ones where we go a little crazy. It's fun to see our silly expressions when we play the sports games and we get into them. It gets the party started. We love our little dance competitions when we have guests over. The best part almost everyone can play. As for the ability to use voice commands. That feature is a little wonky and sometimes does not do what you ask it too, but it's no biggie here, we just use the controller. I recommend the product. Anna (Mom to three boys)

This is great for older and younger kids, even Mom and Dad. So easy to use and no batteries to replace in controllers.

Awesome gaming system! Gives me a great workout! :

I like this because there is no remote to hold. Easier to navigate than the others on the market.

XBox Kinect is a very nice product with lots of fun for the whole family. We have it connected to internet and I am indeed not worried about the spying, that goes a little far. Pro: Fun, big choice of games Con: You have to sign up for XBox Gold to play games with other gamers or even to watch Netflix even if you already have a Netflix subscription. 50 Dollars a year. You are better of with the Wii if you want to have both advantages for a good price the games and Netflix/Hulu. I suspect a class action is on its way because whenever Microsoft has his fingers on something they want to milk it to an extend that feels like being robbed.

We love the Kinect!!! We do not have it connected to the internet so we are not concerned about the "spying". The kids have been much more active with the kinect than with their other games. It isn't the answer to our nations fitness issues and obesity issues, but it is a way to start. We like that some of the games include the whole family. We are a family of 6 and not many products do that most consider a family to be 4. The only problem we have had is that sometimes the kinect will not "see" where we are. Some of the games are hard to play because the kinect loses sight for a bit. We love the rafting and games that came with it. We are planning to buy the fitness disc next. We have recommended this to several friends and family. One family member purchased the WII for Christmas and upon seeing our Kinect returned the Wii for a Kinect!! They have small children and they were able to play the kinect games! They love it too.

I love it. I think the Microsoft team has better things to do than spy on the people who bought their product. I love the fact that there is no controller and the camera auto adjusts between me and my 6'5" husband. I have been using the Kinect fit and I love the ability to exercise in my own home with no gym fees. It is also nice to be active while still playing a video game.

I got the same reply, and had some 360 fanboys tell me I was just being paranoid, that they wouldn't hire people just to spy on people. That's all in there for legal reasons. There's a such thing as bot spotting. They really don't need to hire people to collect that information. Video and audio gathering is where I draw the line as far as info sharing. Especially with my nephews playing games. I sold my console and games.

I am truely disgusted,I had bought my kids the xbox 360 along with the Kinect for christmas, then upon reading Microsofts terms and conditions. I found that they have reserved the right to spy on my children durring their game play if I were to agree to their terms. This is disgusting and intrusive in my opinion. They advertise as a family friendly product,how dare they! Most miss the important parts because they are excited to let their children play or to play them selfs. They miss the hidden part of the agreement you gives them right to spy on anyone useing the Kinect. I wrote them conserning the issue to get simply an automated reply that said we are sorry you are dissatisfied with our product. Let me tell you that is the understatement of the year! This is not something a big company should be doing, to be perfectly honest this sounds like something a pedophile,or a pervert would do,. to allow them selfs the right to turn a camera on and record at any given time it is to say at the very least intrusive. I will be selling my console along with the Kinect. I thought all of you who have bought or were thinking of buying this product should be fully aware of their terms of use being that they" reserve the right to watch record and use peoples in home footage for personal and marketing purposes" Now that it is in to plain view I truly hope you all truely think this over and also write the company. This is absolutly appalling and unacceptable!