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Forums - Sales Discussion - My theory in the strategy of Kinect!

HappySqurriel on 01 August 2010

Both Kinect and Move are technological solutions to try to respond to the Wii even though the technological aspect to the Wii was not what really drove its success. Motion controls with the Wii increased accessibility and pushed social gaming to a level it had previously not attained, and I don’t see reason to believe that the technology in Kinect or Move will make the games more accessible; and I haven’t seen a push from either company towards social gaming.



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unknown_soul89 on 01 August 2010
HappySqurriel said:

Both Kinect and Move are technological solutions to try to respond to the Wii even though the technological aspect to the Wii was not what really drove its success. Motion controls with the Wii increased accessibility and pushed social gaming to a level it had previously not attained, and I don’t see reason to believe that the technology in Kinect or Move will make the games more accessible; and I haven’t seen a push from either company towards social gaming.

Agreed, Move is going more towards motion control that actually works for real games that has the potential to create extremely unique games (potential being the key word) and kinect is pretty much all smoke and mirror's ad campaign it doesn't work right, it's not new tech, it's not really unique but we're claiming its all that anyways just like the 360s failrate is within industry standards and has been since launch 



drudaddy on 01 August 2010

I don't mean to be rude, but spell check says hello.



augustoaag on 02 August 2010

What the FUCK is a HARDCORE GAME.

HOW do YOU KNOW WHO IS A HARDCORE PLAYER.

WHAT IS A CASUAL GAME?

I AM SERIOUS, guitar hero, call of duty, madden is casual or Hardcore?

I know Braid and Limbo are hardcore, anything else?


Does anybody knows or you are just talking "hardcore" as "what I play", and "casual" -> "what the girls play".

Please do reply.



Maybe it's the fact that Sony was once on top of the mountain in this industry, and the fall from grace has been swift and brutal. The worst thing about being on top is the fall to the bottom, and maybe the transition from PS2 dominance to PS3 heel-dragging has had a damaging effect on the fanboy psyche, leaving them vulnerable and insecure. Maybe fanboys are suffering from a severe case of paranoid delusion, brought about by denial that the PS3 is in third place when once Sony was leading the charge.

-- Jim Sterling

unknown_soul89 on 02 August 2010
augustoaag said:

What the FUCK is a HARDCORE GAME.

HOW do YOU KNOW WHO IS A HARDCORE PLAYER.

WHAT IS A CASUAL GAME?

I AM SERIOUS, guitar hero, call of duty, madden is casual or Hardcore?

I know Braid and Limbo are hardcore, anything else?


Does anybody knows or you are just talking "hardcore" as "what I play", and "casual" -> "what the girls play".

Please do reply.

guitar hero is total casual (pretty much that whole genre is) call of duty would be HC, and madden is a sports game which only sells to sport fans and don't really have anything to do with gaming 



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drkohler on 02 August 2010
Simulacrum said:

But I don't see how it will success on casual market...150$ is pretty much on that market.

There is no doubt that Kinect will be a success on the market - whatever your definition of success is. The entire MS hype engine and MS pressure on magazines ensures that people will buy Kinects by the boatloads. Many of those Kinects will have the same fate as the WiiFit board. Did anyone ever really think that the WiiFit board will result in any effect on the "American obesity syndrom" ? Most of those boards ended up in the attic after a few days/weeks..



FlyingLotus on 03 August 2010

Kinect is for microsoft to introduce a upgraded eyetoy. Next gen i'm betting microsoft will also have a motion controller.



SOLIDSNAKE08 said:

its been confirmed today that GT5 has a weather system, track editor and go karts! seriously i think this is going to be the best selling in the series even beating GT3 sales of 14 million plus!