| ZenfoldorVGI said: Another thing, some of you have implied that I am right to a point, but that I fail to grasp the difference between the Wii-Mote and Kinect, saying that Kinect works way worse than the Wii-Mote. That may be, but these are opinions based on predictions of how the device will eventually perform on the market. I have no opinion as to the quality of the device relative to the Wii-Mote, but I do know they share a similar factor. They don't work nearly as well as advertised, and they are selling to casuals based upon the premise of offering them a new experience. Beyond that, I haven't played Kinect and I never shall, so I couldn't comment. If I'm honest, I just lied. I do have an opinion. I hate kinect, I think it sucks, and I think it's a blight on an otherwise great and under-rated console. However, it will unfortunately outsell the Move, despite the move being far superior, because Sony won't support the move very well, and they won't advertise it very well either, making it potentially short lived. It won't have any appeal to casuals, despite casuals being the current proven audience for motion controls. The Move will sell to Sony fans. It won't be a console mover like Kinect will be. Kinect will probably not sell to the current 360 fanbase. It will sell to casuals, or it will not sell at all. For it to sell to casuals, it will need some mass market appeal via national non-gaming related news outlets, and some major hype. If it sells or if it doesn't sell to casuals, if will have absolutely nothing to do with the precision, latency, or lighting required in the room during actual gameplay. It will have to do with advertising, popularity, mass non-gaming outlet appeal, and library. Again, Oprah will sell a billion more Kinects than a post launch calibration app ever could. We all know how casuals love installing firmware updates to reduce their load times. |
There's a difference between something not working as advertised and not working at all, the wii doesn't work as advertised but it does work, kinect doesn't work as advertised on anything but appears to work on yoga and dance games and not at all on racing and pretty much anything else
