Microsoft has finally officially announced the final price of Kinect and it's no surprise to anyone.

Kinect was officially named back at E3 this year but a final price was nowhere to be seen. Many outlets and sites including Microsoft's own site set the price at $150 but Microsoft denied that the price was official. Today they finally stopped dragging their feet and confirmed that Kinect will in fact cost you $149.99. It will include Kinect Adventures along with the motion control camera. Microsoft believes that this was the best approach for their new peripheral. I agree that Kinect should include a launch game. It worked for the Wii, so we will have to wait and see if this was a smart move or not.

Along with the price announcement, Microsoft has revealed a new SKU that will include 4GB of internal memory, built in Wi-Fi, and a black matte finish. It will look like the recently announced Xbox 360 Slim but will lose the sexy black gloss. It will be available August 3rd for $199.99 and will also come in a bundle with Kinect and Kinect Adventures this holiday for $299.99. The stand-alone Microsoft Kinect is going to be released on November 4th.