Xbox 360 4GB with Kinect Nike+ Bundle

Xbox + Kinect is great to play games. Kinect is great to encourage me to work out with a lot of fun! Rather than call it a "game", I would call the Nike+ a "work-out program". It's not as fun as those "games" for sure, since it's a serious work out program, but it's still encouraging enough to motivate me to do it. It first test my performance and then give a program based on it. The program is indeed sweaty some times which I feel that I'm really working out. The trainer in the program is encouraging, but some times a bit annoying when the drill is too difficult for me. I've finished a 4-week program for now, I feel good for myself and I feel loose for some dress! At the downside, sometime, Kinect cannot detect me very well, e.g. it kept telling me to move slower while I already much slower than the trainer... In all, I like XBox and Kinect very much! And this Nike+ program is great too!

I got this Xbox Nike bundle because of good reviews of the Nike fitness program. It is exceptional. Tests your fitness and designs your program with input from you regarding toning, strength or calorie burning. You dicide how many days a week to work out and then the program works you out! My wife was skeptical and she spent a year with a personal trainer. She was impressed and stated that this is the next best thing to a trainer coming to your house.

I purchased the Xbox+Kinect+Nike bundle for myself as a Christmas present this past December 2012, wanted to start training so I could be in shape for summer. I started my first workout in late January and have been going strong 3-4 times a week since, so I am just over 2 months into the program. I've never used a video game workout program before so this was a first, and I can say it's awesome. I have recommended it to a number of people already. The program starts by sizing you up and molds a workout towards your fitness and strength ability, then as you get stronger and your stamina builds, it pushes you further, I won't go through all the steps again as other reviewers did a good job on that, I will just go over my results. The workouts will kick your butt. You will get stronger and be able to go longer, I am typically able to do the workout and then go again for a double workout, they give you an option for a third but I haven't gone there yet as I'm usually spent after two. Every week the drills get a little longer, they do introduce a few new workouts as time progresses, and the number of reps and time of each drill is almost triple to when I began 2 months ago. I can honestly say I definitely notice a difference in my ability. I am stronger and fitter, there's no doubt. My weight is down 7 lbs (I'm a 6'2" male was weighing in around 205 when started, now I'm at 198, looking to get down further and maintain a weight around 190). My legs are in better shape than they've been in years, I play indoor soccer and my sprints and play-time are up 100%. I don't go to the gym to lift currently, I'm focused on my cardio and getting toned right now, so far so good, my wife has definitely noticed a positive change in my appearance. Not bad at all for a 30-min workout 3-4x's a week, that's minimal effort for the solid results. It would be cool if there was more variety to the drills, if there were more "fun" workouts like dodgeball and split decision, but the results speak for themselves so I stick with it. You do need a lot of room, unfortunately the only room in my house that works for this game has a ceiling fan right above where the kinect wants me to stand, so I've popped my head a couple times on big jumps, wish I could make it read me closer to the TV or further back. The kinect tracking isn't perfect, there's at least a few times in a workout when the game thinks you're doing something you're not, like it will say "make sure your arm is straight" and my arm is as straight as it could possibly be, or sometimes it will register 2 or 3 reps when you only did 1, so it's not perfect but if you are honest with yourself and do all the reps it asks you to do and you're doing the workouts the right way, it's not that big of a deal and you will see results. There is some room for improvement so I gave 4 stars, but I am glad I purchased and plan on sticking with it. I recommend purchasing a mat with this as you do many floor exercises. And if you don't have the best knees or need support in your shins or feet, there's a lot of jumping and hopping involved, I bought supports for my knees/shins on amazon and I have no issues. Lastly, I believe this game/program was developed to be used by people that already have some form of coordination and strength. I read reviews of people not being able to do the workouts, I'm not trying to be mean or discouraging to anyone but if you haven't worked out in a long time, if you're not very coordinated, I would try something else to get yourself into better shape and used to working out your body then try this, otherwise you will likely be unable to do a lot of the workouts in this game and it could become a deterrent to your goal of getting into shape. I also purchased a couple other exercise games with this one and they are all still in their original sealed packages, this is the only game I'm using at this point. Cheers

What I thought would be a five star product, I take off a few stars because of the Nike+ game's limitation and the condition of the product and product packaging from Amazon. I have had the system for a few days now and feel I can give my view. The product arrived with a branding sleeve over the bundle box which was slightly torn and the console box itself had several security seals all around (leading one to believe it was opened and repackaged *several* times). The bundle box itself was a bit dirty, read differently it lacked the shine of a new box. Inside the box, some of the papers were bent and out of place. This is NOT what I expected when I ordered a new item. I did not feel like challenging the condition so I opened the box and enjoyed having an XBOX 360. For the price I paid, I was not happy and that is where one star goes. Inside the box I had one controller, batteries, Kinect Adventures, Nike+, Kinect sensor, console and Kinect cables (no HDMI), the console, and various papers, flyers, and a free Live code. There is no headset, controller chatpad, or Kinect TV mount either which I knew I would order later. Setup of the console hardware was very simple and the first-run wizard was fairly self-explanatory. There are steps where you may want a computer and one where you would want others to step away while you slowly enter your profile password with the D-pad. Xbox SmartGlass is a nice companion smartphone app that can help here. The Kinect will indeed need a decent amount of floor space at minimum. I have not placed the Kinect above my TV to see if it will make any difference but the sensor does move on its own. The setup of the Kinect is easy and once you have it working, the sensor does function well for its intended purpose. It is not a perfect device and it has its quirks but all things considered, its okay. From two feet above the ground and inches away from the TV and its speakers, the sensor does have problems picking up floor movements. Once you have everything setup, the storage space limitation is very obvious from the start. You will need a slim USB drive to fix this. Additionally, what did bother me was the requirement of Gold membership to access Internet Explorer and other apps on the system. There are plenty of apps one can download to extend the XBOX into an informal TV. For an older console, the software didn't have anything particular that stood out once you understand where things are and what certain menu functions rely on. Kinect Adventures is a very limited game, geared to young kids, to the point where I would call it "a fun game to demo the Kinect". You will get some exercise, but nothing more. I ended up getting Forza 4 to give purpose to the gaming side of XBOX which I thought Kinect Adventures might handle by mini-games. Nike+ is a very solid workout at home game. It will definitely make you sweat and 'feel the burn'. There are a few limitations I would like to point out. The Kinect sensor/game programming has trouble reading floor exercises and a few times reps won't count and/or incorrect postures are dismissed and counted instead of corrected. The main problem with this game is it does not allow flexibility for those who may have trouble coordinating with the onscreen trainer and verbal hints the first several times. Instead, it just moves on after certain time has elapsed. Also, if the trainee is exhausted and unable to match with the game, the workout is not altered and the game is unable to respond to such a scenario. Again, skipping instead of adapting. I will stress that anyone who wants to workout at home with this game should be coordinated and relatively fit and common judgement should be higher than sticking to the workout. Honesty in the exercises will go a long way and using knee padding will help avoid pain in the long run. In other regards, the game does adjust to the player's abilities somewhat and keeps reasonably good track of the movements and progress overall. I do feel I will get some form of result from this scheme. I took off another star here because Nike+ can't adapt to exhaustion, does not stop for less than sharp trainees to coordinate with trainer's tutorial pace, and does not contain anything less active or explosive for the older audience. If I had to recommend this bundle, I would probably only do so if the price (under $200 for me) was right but I do feel this a good starting point to get active.