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kopstudent89 on 28 August 2010
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Cheebee said:
joeorc said:
Metallicube said:

Move and Kinect will fail, because they are both missing a (different) key component in what made the Wii a success.What Wii had that made it a success was a combination of the quality content of the games that appealed to the masses, coupled with the novelty of the motion controls.

Kinect has their own motion control novelty, but the games themselves look awful.

Move seems to have more of the quality games, but is missing that novelty facotr that will draw attention to it (as it is an exact replica of the Wiimote w/motion plus.)

 

the problem is your only looking at it based on just the Wii, and not what it offer's outside of the Wii dynamic. Both the Move and Kinect both offer thing's that the Wii or Wii motion plus does not.and since their not out yet it's kind of early to say will fail. like it's pre destined or something..lol

not at all and even these guy's from MIT also disagree with that take on their type of motion control tech...I see many on here still think of it as an exact replica of the Wiimote w/motion plus..that is not the case at all because the Wii is missing 2 key element's that the Playstation move has  and the one the Modus motion control system has.

because if it was a replica as you said that's as bad as someone saying that the Wii is just a refurbished Game cube  which it's not.

(This also @ Leo-J)

See, I get your point, but Metallicube's comment only underlines the problem with Move. You, me, and other 'core' gamers who follow this kind of thing know about it. We know what the tech is like, what it can and can't do.

However, all others (say, 99% of humankind), does not. They're not 'core' gamers, and even if they do play games, it's only casually. They have no knowledge of Move nor its technology. They simply look at the device and its games, and so far, both share A LOT of similarities with Wii.

These are the customers Nintendo has been succesfully capturing since it launched DS, and the customers Sony and Microsoft are falling over themselves trying to cater to. To THESE people, Move = Wiimote ( w/ MotionPlus), regardless of whether it's true or not. It's all bout the games and public perception, and Sony aren't really making an effort to change Move's perception. They even modeled the Move controller and subcontroller after the Wiimote and Nunchuk, even of they don't look 100% the same, even trying to deny that is just silly. The fact that they're releasing clones of popular Wii blockbusters isn't helping, either.

Once again, Move is not the same as Wii, we know that, but the vast, vast majority of the rest of the world doesn't. And it doesn't seem like Sony will try to change that anytime soon.


Totally agree, the move looks destined to fail(market wise) for the reasons you've said. And i dont think many even care about the extra features. Kinect might be different though, as it looks like a different experience, but i dont see wii like numbers for the 360 for that matter. I really do believe though that the 3DS is  the next major gaming device that will have a gigantic launch.