I don't understand all the complaining. People's expectations are just getting to high. Most people knew that Natal, now known as Kinnect, was going to be Microsoft's main foucs this year...It was going to be part of their relaunch of the 360 this fall. A good portion of their conference was dedicated to it. They finally announced the often rumored redesigned console to go with Kinnect (Very sharp looking I might add). Between the two of them it's pretty exciting hardware news for the 360.
The games for Kinnect are exactly what were expected, casual and party games with a few core games thrown in. Again, what were people expecting. Kinnect is being released for Microsoft to gain a foothold in the casual market, of course the majority of the games are going to be casual in nature. Look at which games are selling on the Wii. It's not No More Heros, Madworld or Dead Space. Sometimes it's better not to reinvent the wheel. Just look at the Sony Move.
In the Next 12 months MGS is releasing Crackdown 2, Halo Reach, Fable 3 and Gears 3. Three of the biggest series on the Xbox are all getting sequels. Plus there is the abundance of high quality 3rd party games coming out in the next 12 months as well. I've done my best to keep up with all the great games released this year and can't manage to do it, yet people want more???
Then you have ESPN on Live and the dash board update that will accompany Kinnect. It looks like Microsoft covered all it's bases pretty well to me.
Much of what they showed was rumored or already announced. But is that really a bad thing? I think it's great that Microsoft covered all it's bases. All the stuff they are showing is going to be playable in the near future. I'll take that over waiting 5 years to play Alan Wake or GT5 any day.
