leo-j said:
what if they think the 360 is a nexgen console? I mean if microsoft market it like a more advanced experience.. |
It won't work, unless they can convince people actually playing it. People won't dump twice the amount of cash (360 Kinect) without knowing for sure what they're buying.
From what I've seen of Dance Central, I don't think it will be as well received as Just Dance. The style isn't as appealing, and in general it doesn't look like it offers anything new. In fact, it'll be a regression if it's any less than 4 players (which I suspect, but I'm unsure).
Although it may be more accurate (forcing you to actually copy the moves), I don't think this is an important point for most people. I don't see the people that are actually enjoying Just Dance complaining about accuracy. Keep in mind, the majority of people buying these dance games are not the type of people to be visiting gaming websites...
This is what Dance Central is up against - a far cheaper game in an established series for a system many already have:
As for Harmonix themselves being superior developers, that doesn't count for much. The top selling Guitar Hero is GH3, which they weren't involved in, and their Rock Band has never been able to take over GH. The situation here is much worse (Kinect's current userbase is 0).
With that said, I obviously think 5 million is way out of Dance Central's league. We still don't even know how much Kinect costs...
