Kinect & Nintendo 3DS



Xbox 360 & Kinect controller



First thing in the news is that Microsoft's Kinect entered the Guiness World Record Books as the fastest selling gadget ever. The Guinness Book of Records has hailed the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect gaming system as the Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Device ever after it flew off the shelves, with consumers going Kinect-crazy this Christmas. Guinness comments that 133,333 Kinects were acquired per day in its first two months of commercial availability. That's a complete total of 8 million sold worldwide between 4 November 2010 and 3 January 2011.



Next item I'd like to talk about is the Nintendo 3DS which is released in the UK on 25th March.

Priced at around £220, can this glasses-free 3D darling sock its rivals in the guts?

In terms of construction, the 3DS is similar to its predecessors, rocking a folding, clamshell design. When closed, the console measures roughly 135 by 20 by 74mm, which makes it almost exactly the same size as the DS Lite and DSi. It's reasonably lightweight too. The console is the first to include full stereoscopic 3d graphics without glasses. A built-in 3D Depth Slider allows you to immediately adjust the intensity of the 3D settings on the Nintendo 3DS system to your liking. The 3D effect can also be turned down completely—all Nintendo 3DS games and applications can be played in 2D.A built-in motion sensor and gyro sensor can react to the motion and tilt of the system. Although I'm looking forward to playing the 3DS I probably won't be buying one as the games are likely to be expensive and there is something you just don't get with handheld console that you do get with other platforms.