Kotaku asks developers, "Will Kinect really not work while you're sitting?"

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Squilliam said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Squilliam said:

RROD is irrelevant. This is a software development/maturity issue, and given the fact that Kinect is the only interface of its kind theres nothing to directly compare it to in order for anyone to pass judgement. They are only going to offer games which suit the interface at the time of release, therefore its good enough. If that limits their potential sales the sobeit, they have the opportunity to offer improved games as the years/months pass.

I agree that Kinect with its unicity is in the same good initial conditions of Balance Board. Just another good reason to avoid to risk ruining its image trying to make it do what it's not good at. It isn't a universal, general purpose interface, it's a special purposes (plural, because despite not being general, there are already multiple uses where it could be the best interface and others can be devised) one, but, like BB, with a potential appeal very wide. So the best MS can do is to push games where it can be the best, like dance, soccer, wrestling, some fitness ones and whatever else they can find, cheating users into believing it can be better than wheel and pedals for racers, and whatever else it's not really the best at, can only disappoint and piss them off, so damaging Kinect.

Edit: I realize that you said something similar to what I'm saying, maybe before I wasn't clear enough about referring only to MS pushing uses that Kinect isn't good at, or not ready yet.

There is a significant quantity of development, its a software vs difficult hardware issue, but like the PS3's processor theres a lot of potential there if they can get the software running fast enough and theres a lot of room for improvement. Its very likely that Kinect in two years if it stays on the market will be considerably different to the Kinect of today in terms of processing power required, accuracy, and the experience of developers making use of the interface.

JamaicameCRAZY:

ISo it is ok to release a unfinished product knowing full and well it cannot do what is advertised?

Sony did it with the PS3 and those trailers. Since they were forgiven, everyone expects the odd bullshot/bullcrap video to surface. It doesn't really matter what they do until they actually throw together an advertisement for mass consumption.

I never said it was ok for Sony to do that and i didn't think it was. Sony had a WORKING feature that they felt they had to remove because of piracy problems, that if had not have been there it would still be here. However it should be absolute nobody should be able to do it. Micros product hasn't delivered and the adverts are already for mass consumption, just because it wasn't all over the tv doesn't mean it was not a viral campaign. If they couldn't get it to work they never should have showed it. Furthermore, what has/will micro do to inform the people? So far they have hid everything.