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Rpruett on 11 September 2010
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Mr Puggsly said:
Rpruett said:
Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:

I doubt it's going to be the greatest motion party game ever when it only supports 2 players. 2 players isn't much of a party.

There we have it.  The biggest piece of the puzzle that nobody wants to talk about.   And Microsoft certainly won't advertise.  This is by far the biggest problem with Kinect.   I think it will have it's own niche in the fitness / dance department but I still don't believe it can appeal to a massive amount of casuals because of this lack of serious multi-player.    The move actually will suffer from this a bit as well butnot as severely.    As I feel like the only true games that will come for Kinect are these casual / fitness / dance type of games. 

Well its a trade off. Full body support for 2 players vs 4 player games that only follow your hands.

Pick your poison.

I agree but it's a pretty large trade-off in my opinion.  It's actually one of the biggest mis-steps I believe Sony has made in regards to the direction of the PS3 as it pertains to sales in North America.  I think Sony would be wise to invest in more 4 player games.  4 player off-line, 4 player co-op, 2 player co-op, etc.   

Their current landscape has produced the most technically advanced games on the market but the lack of games they have without a valuable multi-player is what holds them back (Or held them back initially as they are actually drastically improving).   Kinect is walking down this same path as far as I'm concerned. 

It's already a device that seems like it will most likely be limited without hearing about the player limit / sitting-standing issue/ etc.   I don't know about you but a two player track and field event just doesn't sound like that much fun to me? Now 4 players?  Now you have a serious race filled with fun and crazyness.  

The other issue that I see with it is TV size / space requirements.  It's naturally going to require a large TV even for two players.  I can't imagine playing many full throttle Kinect games two player on a TV any smaller than 40 - 46 inches.