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Killiana1a on 05 August 2010
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Reasonable said:
Killiana1a said:
Jay520 said:


To be fair, You only NEED two wands for ONE game: The Fight: Lights Out. Other games may offer to use two wands  (Gladiator duel), but you can use the nav controller instead. I don't even know why your bringing up 4 player capabilty because

 

  • Kinect doesn't even allow 4 players on one kinect device
  • I have yet to see a 4 player Move game where 4 people could play at one time. Most 4 player games could be used to take turns using ONE Move controller. 
You may have the option to buy an extra MOVE controller, but that doesn't mean it's needed, unless you really want to play The Fight: Lights Out. Either way, if you just wanted to try out motion controls, The starting price is higher for Kinect.

Yes, and the starter kit comes with the eye, motion controller, and navigation controller at a $99.99 price. For that second motion controller, you need to fork over $49.99 pushing the Move to $150. That is if you want to play The Fight: Lights Out.

As for the "Kinect is only two player" debate, it is quite laughable because those who make the argument are overlooking the obvious: Kinect via Live will have much more than 4 players because players will be able to connect their Kinect with more than 4 other players through their Xbox Live Gold membership.

Mentioning Live, then yes, there is another $50 added on to the price tag for the Gold membership.

I can easily foresee Kinect simulation games supporting up to 16 players via Xbox Live.


I think the whole 2/4 player argument is silly, but your online arguement doesn't hold water.  PS3 has online, too.  So if Kinect could support 4 online then, provided the game was designed for it, in theory you could have 8 with Move online.

Whichever way you cut it based on current designs you will be able to get more players (potentially) playing at the same time with Move than Kinect, whether offline or online.

The reason I think it doesn't matter is, in my experience anyway, few games - even on Wii which I own - ever end up with more than 2 players at the same time in the same room (I mean active players, which is why Kinect can hold up to 6 people playing with 2 active).

Sure, sometimes we've had 4 people playing doubles tennis on Wii, but it's rare.  And despite how easy Nintendo's adverts make it look having room for 4 people to stand at the same time, swing their arms in wide arcs and be reasonably close to the TV can be tricky to actually achieve in real life without blows being traded - again, something I can testify too.

2 players offline together is the optimum number IMHO and Kinect supports this as does Move so for the majority I think that will be seen as a draw.

I cannot disagree with what you say, but I think it is reasonable to point out that the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live are much more used for online gaming than the Nintendo Wii's online capabilities.

My argument may not hold water to you, but it is not a far-fetched possibility. It is something I can see happening because of the amount of users and experience both Sony and Microsoft have with their online gaming networks.

The type of games I could see with online capability for the Kinect and Move are Sims type games especialy because there is money there as FarmVille has shown and a pay-to-play scheme. Competitive gaming is definitely iffy.