Microsoft: Kinect give us 5 years more

[leatherhat]

RolStoppable said:

leatherhat said:

You know, this doesn't really fit the topic but since I don't see a better place to ask Ill do it here. Why do game companies and gamers alike assume that to get people to game you need some shallow, crappy game like wii sports, sport champions, kinectimals etc.? All of us on this site are "core gamers" and we certainly didn't get started on such nonsense. Wouldn't it be better to give them fun experiences that challange them slightly so you  make new gamers and not just people jumping in for 2 seconds of fun then going right back to movies/books/tv ?

Wii Sports isn't a shallow, crappy game. Wii Sports is the fun and challenging experience you speak of. Unfortunately, many game companies and gamers assume think that Wii Sports is a shallow, crappy game, so they make their own shallow, crappy games and hope to make as much money as Nintendo.

Wii Sports is a powerful game that offers a lot of challenge. You can play the game for weeks and still get better. Of course you are free to disagree if you managed to get all gold medals. If you got all platinum medals, even more power to you.

Are you talking about the training mode? Thats not exactly what I had in mind when I meant challenging experiences. If you want a good example of a casual, "downmarket", and good game you should get peggle or some other type of popcap game. 

Nintendo casual=braindead

popcap casual=simple yet fun