(Posted By: Eric Rees)

We were kicking around a few ideas on the Podcast last night, not that you would know; Alex "Soup Nazi" Deckard won't let you listen until tomorrow at some odd hour of the day. One of the things we discussed was the comparisons between Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's Move systems. 

I commented that Kinect has a lot more upside as far as the technology goes and that down the road some very interesting and fun things could surface. Readers, I present to you my evidence for my claim. 

Youtube user Yankeyan decided to celebrate 25 years of Mario by giving the double finger to Microsoft; first by hacking their brand new piece of hardware, then making it play a direct competitor's video game. I love it. He programmed the system to recognize his movements and ported them to the buttons of his NES emulator, not the easiest controls in the world as the video shows but it looks awesome right? Yankeyan gets the Gameshoe seal of approval for overall awesomeness in the area of "sticking it to the man."

(Posted By: Eric Rees)

In a case of "Oh Microsoft, what are you doing?" this story has leaked out onto the internet recently, showing how much money Microsoft is making off your hard earned money.

That brand new shiney Kinect that you just paid $150 dollars for? Only cost Microsoft a mere $56 dollars to make said UBM TechInsights. The biggest chunk of said money is spent on the "reference system" that includes the processor, microphones and cameras that go into this technology.

We here at Gameshoe appreciate making a profit, lord knows we don't do it here, but $100 dollar profit on each system sold? That's a little bit high if you ask us. Nevertheless, Microsoft plans on selling 5 million of these babies around Christmas time. Let's hope all that 'profit' goes into developing a badass next-gen console.