I have been having this discussion with d21lewis comparing the Balance Board to Kinect. Then it hit me, Kinect is treated like a primary controller because it is a primary controller. The Balance Board is an attachment if anything. It can't navigate menus (I haven't seen it do it) and usually when people are using it they have a Wii remote in hand (take a look at the commercials). It had limited hardware bundles and was made to make one piece of software possible (Wii Fit). So why is the Balance Board compared to it, instead of the Wii Remote? What I have been seeing is if its compared to the Wii Remote then it would take a slaughter lol. So it seems to me people want to compare it to something it was never made to mimick in the first place. Kinect does all types of games (casual if you will) just like the Wii remote. The Balance Board can't do alot of the games Kinect could but the Wii remote can. All of this points to the Wii remote should be compared to Kinect. Below I will list some similarities for both. If I miss any please help me complete the list.

Kinect vs. Balance Board

Fitness games

Foot related sports games (skateboarding, soccer, sledding)

Wii Remote vs. Kinect

Fitness games

Sports games

Dancing games

heavy bundles with hardware

both act as main controller

neither was made for only one game like Wii Fit

Edit: I give in, Kinect isn't comparable to the Wii Remote or Balance Board. Kinect and the Balance Board are the most successful non-button having devices ever.

You can play pretty much any Wii game using Wii remotes. Same can't be said about Kinect and the 360.


Still, I'm pretty sure people have been comparing Wii remotes with Kinect for some time now. Accuracy, gameplay, all that stuff.

The Kinect is not compared the the Wii Remote, because the Wii Remote actually works for most games.

The Balance Board even less, but anyways Kinect has its own stream of software because alot of 360 games can't be made for Kinect.

I see the excuses are already beginning to fly, neither of you have said why its a fair comparison to the Balance Board. The Balance Board works with even less games than Kinect. Also I can say the same about the Wii remote not working with a lot the 360 games, if they were on the Wii obviously. A lot of the 360 games are made for dual analogue which is something neither the Wii remote or Kinect could properly pull off.

That's simple, it isn't about what Kinect is trying to duplicate, it's how it was sold. It was sold as an add-on to the X360 system, and it should be compared to add-ons to other systems. If the next console includes one with every unit then it can be compared to a primary, manditory controller like the Wiimote.

You are wise beyond your years, Torillian.

A better comparison would be the Kinect versus the Wii sensor.

The Kinect isn't a controller. As Microsoft says, "You are the controller." Kinect is really just a sensor, so it makes sense to compare it to the Wii sensor. Am I right?

Wiimote has buttons, Kinect doesn't.

Kinect has motion sensing, Balance Board doesn't.