priteshmodi said:
Well said. I think another thing that people overlook is that consumers only need to buy one Kinect camera for multiple people to play. As a comparison a Wiimote with MotionPlus and a Nunchuk addon cost $50 & $20 respectively at retail (I know they can be found much cheaper... A quick search on Amazon shows they can be bought for $40 and $15 but considering the widely accepted general price). That's $70 for one person. For multiplayer games (which a lot of the casual Wii crowd exclusively play) that's up to $140 already. At $150 I think Kinect is priced fairly (a tad high) especially given the tech involved and the capabilities for multiple players. @ OP Good read. Look forward to seeing more impressions from other sources. |
thats what im saying. I for one have no interest, but for those interested, for a single entry price, every single person in your home has access to its voice recognition and gaming....how is price even relevent when we are talking high end $150? It doesnt make sense, i probably shouldnt assume here but my assumption is the tech, as gathered from my impressions, is cool, no doubt, but i dont think people care about using remotes and i think based on the largely controlled environments and perfect condition used in demos, there might be misfire....i dont know though.
The biggest problem right now that i see via amazon.com is that each of those games demoed yesterday cost a full MSRP $60 each, which is pure suicide.
In general though, at least Harmonix and Ubisoft showed off some good uses, but im fearful, like the Wii, it wont expand enough but maybe it will.
