How effective will Kinect be to get nongamers into "core" videogames?

[Joelcool7]

Well I don't think the Wiimote worked to transition non-gamers into hardcore franchises. All these years after Wii's launch and party games and casual games continue to be Nintendo's big sellers. Sure a few of those casual's have adopted Nintendo's first party titles like MarioKart and NewSuperMarioBros. But for the most part I think the non-gamers are more attracted to games core gamers don't consider real games.

I think if Kinect does manage to get a large amount of non-gamers to purchase it, that they will end up with the same results Nintendo has. Casuals won't want to go hardcore they will want more casual games and inturn Microsoft like Nintendo will create more casual games.

I guess some would argue that with the Wii and soon to be Kinect. The hardcore gamers are becoming the minority they are becoming the casual gamers. While the casual gamers are becoming the new hardcore. Fact is the hardcore market we know today are interested in the older genre's platformers, shooters, RPG's. While the new gamers are interested in fitness games, sports titles and mini-game compilations or as Miyamoto calls them pick up and play games.

In the end us old school gamers (Hardcore) are going to be replaced by N00bs (Casual) and the companies like Microsoft , Nintendo and Sony will eventually move from catering to us to catering to them.