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scottie on 16 June 2010
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DarkisWR said:
scottie said:
DarkisWR said:

I understand you didnt see anything good in the Kinect line up....but are you casual? Do you have a family? Do you have casual friends? Do you have a over weight wife/gf?

Msft hit hard..went for the casual throat. And when it relases itll show it...

 


Yes, I have a family - they own a Wii, with Wii Fit etc

Yes, I have casual friends, they have not heard of move/kinect/natal but love playing Wii

No, but I do have a gf who is conscious of her weight (aren't all women :P) Who loves playing Wii

 

If the Wii didn't exist, then kinect would win. Because it does, it will not. The Wii has already got the userbase for the types of games that are releasing on Natal, and Wiimote being similar to move is an advantage - makes ports easy

Aye I took that aswell...

But a key seller here is ''New''. No controllers...stuff for the family etc...Wii has been out for a good while now..I'm sure theres many that would like to try something new*regardless if its move or kinect*

Thing is theres still alot of Casuals out there to sell too...if there wasnt wii wouldnt still be selling like it has been.

I think thats what kinect is going for and a good*if just 1 out of 65 wii owners buy it..thats alot* chance at trying to get the current wii owners to ''Upgrade''.


People don't buy new stuff simply because it's new. People buy new stuff because it offers new experiences. With the currently announced games lineup, I do not see much that kinect offers that is actually new - it is using a new method (camera) of doing exactly the same thing as the Wii.

 

I did address people who don't currently own any console in an earlier post, to recap. The price comparison between Wii and Natal for someone who owns nothing is Wii - $200 (system, motion and 1 game), Natal $350 minimum (system, motion and 1 game). The Wii has been out a lot longer and has an incredible back catalogue of motion games, and it has so much more brand recognition that kinect.