| Metallicube said: 1) Notice I said the sales of all three consoles will be very close next year (during the slow periods at least). But ultimately I think 360 will end up back in last by a hair for a few key reasons. One, the slim effect will contine to wear off. Second, the weakness of the 360's library going into next year compared to PS3. Third, the lack of strength in Japan dragging it down compared to Wii and PS3. 2) 360 has some strong titles this holiday; Reach is the obvious one, Dead Rising 2, Fallout, etc. But most of them are also coming out for PS3. And MS has not shown they are focused on core games judging from their showing at E3. There is little coming out in 2011 for MS, at leaast from what they've announced. For Kinect, I'm just taking an educated guess, but from what I've seen, this thing is set up to be a collosal failure. Why? Just look at the titles. I can't imagine many people seeing any standout games to spend $100 for Kinect on, let alone $100 for Kinect PLUS $300 for a new console. Remember, it is software that moves hardware. This will be true for Kinect as well, no matter how neat the motion controls are. Kinect also has certain issues in that you cannot even sit while playing, nor can you play more than 2 people at once. Will it bump hardware? Of course it will. In fact, for a few months, it will probably MASSIVELY boost hardware. But when talking LONG TERM success, Kinect will fade out quickly, unless MS and third parties drastically strengthens its software lineup for it, and MS will be left with the burden of its own 32x. I don't quite understand why people seem to believe that a cheap Wii knockoff will be such a massive hit, when even the ACTUAL Wii console is currently struggling, and it has a much stronger library than Kinect will. |
As I said before MS has been doing this the whole generation. We will no much more about 2011 lineup as we get closer to 2011 and get into 2011. MS will let 2010 lineup get the attention now. As for 360 library it is awesome and growing
You clearly dont even pay attention much to Kinect. First the price for standalone is $150 not $100. That really doesnt matter though. For those people they already have a 360. It is the bundle price that matters and that is $300 with the Kinect included. Not $100 for Kinect and another $300 for the console. As for the software. As someone who has played the software the launch titles are just what the Kinect needs to appeal to a new demographic. Really that is what it is for. Now someone can choose an outstanding console for both the hardcore and the casual player and maybe a family that has both will play some together. After all I love hardcore games, but can appreciate being able to play Dance Central with my wife.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
