Kinect, is this Microsofts Blu Ray?

[welshbloke]

Darth Tigris said:

Nice try, welshbloke, but I just don't know if you'll get the kind of reasonable responses that you're looking for here.  

There are definitely parallels, but the tech in Kinect is much more ambitious in scope than Blu Ray, so that makes it a much bigger gamble.  Who knows if it will actually 'change the world' the way things like touch interfaces have.

One thing that it is NOT being used for, though, is as a trojan horse to push new tech on gamers.  Its completely optional for us, which is good because I sure can't (and don't want to right now) afford it right now but I can still fully enjoy my 360.  That's not a stealth troll on Sony, because only the most diehard of Sony fans would think that the price point of the PS3 at release (largely due to Blu Ray) had a hugely negative effect on its marketshare this gen.

I so wanted to call Kinect a trojan but for the reasons you pointed out I could not argue that point. Yes I believe it is more ambitious but I still think this is Microsofts attempt at getting this tech accepted by the back door. I also think they have ploughed a lot of cash into this not because of gaming but because of its future potential after all they have a guy in charge of this interface at Microsoft who seems to bridge the gap.

I have actually been a big fan of the "choice" approach that the 360 has adopted. I for one would never of used WiFi for gaming because of interferance in my home. That said my router has only just become an N type so now if I decide to buy another 360 for my home I could opt for WiFi although I am a huge fan of HomePlugs I probably would not bother.