| Ajescent said: It will win them the Wii crowd won't it? |
Only if they make games of actual substance. Much of their Kinect strategy seems to be more about impressing with the gimmick itself rather than trying serious gameplay implementations (and by serious, i don't mean "core.")
The Wii crowd is actually a choosier customer than the traditional gamer. The traditional gamer thinks games are categorically good, whereas the Wii crowd wants specific things, and if Microsoft isn't prepared to take that crowd home, they could indeed fall into a very awkward position because Halo is their only saving grace in terms of first-party exclusives (though we could argue that that makes them even with Sony, which has only 1 real megahit in their stable as well: Gran Turismo)
Third party parity is going to be the norm next generation, which means that the game companies are going to need to look strongly into differentiation, but you don't need to only be different, you need to do it well.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
