Does it matter if Kinect works right?

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leo-j said:

Some think consumers are retards that just play anything that feels fun, even if it works improperly.. might as well start kicking people too because they might think its fun..

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I've noticed a lot of you missed my point.

You think I've insulted casual gamers, and called them stupid, ect. However, that is the opposite of the truth.

Instead, I imply that casual gamers have different values than do core gamers. They don't obsess over the technical aspects of gaming hardware. Look up the definition of casual, then come back here....ok, now read on.

You and others might believe that anyone who couldn't tell the difference between 1:1 and the standar Wii-mote is stupid. You believe that when I say  that many casuals wouldn't know about the difference, nor care to, that I am implying that they are stupid. Bullshit.

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the casual gamer, and it's also core gamer elitism. How can we not only expect, but require gamers to know the difference between WM and 1:1? And if they don't know that difference, or if they can't tell the difference between 0 and 20ms latency, that they are stupid?

As a core gamer, some in this thread are actually implying that EVERYBODY should know what 1:1 means, and thus, I must be implying that since casual gamers in some cases don't know what that means, they must be stupid. Apparently, it's politically incorrect to imply that some people don't know or care as much about the shit I care about, as I do.

Truth is, I'm sure most casual gamers don't know, or care what 1:1 means, unless Nintendo told them with their ad campaign. They don't take gaming that seriously. Even if they play alot, it's something  they could take or leave. They aren't technophiles, they don't set around and get excited over E3, and they don't even know the review scores for their games. They are casual. They have different values, interests, and priorities when it comes to gaming. That is a fact.

Not knowing the difference or not caring about the differences between a perfectly functional but imprecise device, and a perfect one, does not make them stupid, it just means that they don't really care enough about it to fully investigate and obsess over which thing is the absolute best.

While I understand that making everything read in black and white is less work, I wish most of you weren't as lazy about your posting are you obviously are, because you are really just doing to me, what you incorrectly assume I'm doing to casuals.