Xbox 360 Live Camera Bundle

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Maximize Xbox Live Gold with photo chat and messaging
• Put a face to your gamertag
• Bring motion based games to life using your own body movements to control the action
• Supports VGA video at up to 30 frames per second
• Selectable settings enable parental control of chatting and playing privileges

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000GT4MQI
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 2.5 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 19, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,364 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Xbox 360 Live/Camera Bundle

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

82 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice webcam in a good package., September 27, 2006

By 

Lee (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Live Camera Bundle (Video Game)

This package comes with the Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera, a headset that you probably already have, and codes redeemable on the Xbox Live Marketplace for: UNO (which supports the camera in online play), Robotron 2084 (which is NOT a camera-enabled game), 200 Microsoft points, and finally 12 months of Xbox Live Gold service. Considering the Xbox Live Gold service runs around $50 by itself, this package is a great deal.

Note that the official press releases mentioned Totemball being included. It is NOT included, but you can now download the game for free from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The camera itself is very nice. It's very small and has a focus ring on the front. The quality of video and still pictures is great. It's easy to install, you just plug it into your Xbox in the front or back USB port and you're good to go. You can also use it as a regular webcam with your PC. It currently does not work with Macs but Mac support is promised soon from Microsoft as their press release claims Mac support.

Overall it's a nice little piece of equipment in a good package. It just depends on whether you want a webcam or not! Video chat is a nice feature if you have friends or family with an Xbox 360. Also, future games will support mapping your face onto your on-screen character which will be fun. Games like Totemball will be played by actually moving your arms and body around in front of the camera. So it does open up a lot of opportunities for new experiences with your Xbox 360.

Parents worried about kids: when playing camera-enabled games you will see other people's video whether you have the camera or not, so buying this camera doesn't make any difference to what they will see. You can disable looking at other people's video for all the games.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only 15 bucks more than 1year of XBOX live, December 28, 2006

By 

J. Lau "everything guy" (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Xbox 360 Live Camera Bundle (Video Game)

alright, let's do the math. This thing is only fifteen bucks more than regular xbox live. What do you get for fifteen more dollars?

1.) XBOX Vision Camera (worth around 30-40)
2.) 200 microsoft points (worth $2.50)
3.) 2 Arcade games (worth $20)
4.) XBOX headset (worth $15)

get it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Watch for sales!, March 28, 2007

By 

Timothy J. Drozinski (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Xbox 360 Live Camera Bundle (Video Game)

I got this bundle October 2006 at Best Buy for $50, less an additional $5 for using a Best Buy Gamer Gift Card which has a $5 off coupon applicable toward games and gaming accessories. The price on this is not horrible, but if you watch out for sales you just might get lucky and get a real value.

The camera itself is of fair quality. Be warned - you need to have adequate lighting in the room, preferably in front of you (coming from the same direction as the camera, and who really has lights next to their TV?) in order to get a decent image out of it. For games like TotemBall, which actually use the camera as the game's controller, this is essential. Not enough light means the camera will not do a very good job of reading your movements and translating them to movement in the game.

In my bundle I got the 200 MS points as well as codes to unlock Uno and one other XBLA game (can't remember which). I had already used points to buy Uno, so I gave the code to a friend.

The included headset is fair quality. Good enough, I guess. Since I've got three of them now, I hope that Microsoft realizes that people are probably accumulating a lot of them and replaces them in these XBox Live membership boxes with something more useful. Likewise, I won't be needing another camera (I use the one I have so little as to make me wonder why I had to have it in the first place), so hopefully when October/November rolls around and I'm in need of a new Gold Subscription, they'll have a more compelling bundle on offer.