Microsoft: Kinect is a bigger 'step forward' than the Wii

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Nintendogamer said:

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Nintendogamer said:

Looks very awkward to play, how would you play FPS? By saying bang bang while holding your hand up like a gun? lol

Has anyone considered that you can do the same thing with Kinect as with Move, use your regular controller with it?

If you hold a 360 controller in your left hand you have easy access to an analog stick, a trigger and the d-pad. Even my eight year old daughter can do this and reach all but the far right side of the d-pad easily and even that with a stretch. If you hold it in your right hand the analog stick is a little to far to be used long term but all four buttons and the trigger are easily accessed.

Not saying this makes it ideal for all games but it does open up a lot of possibilities.

So this defeats the purpose of being hands-free then if you're holding something.

Who said hands free was the only way to play Kinect? There is no rule that says you cannot use a controller with Kinect just like there is no rule that says you have to use a controller with the eye toy. The two systems have different technology and marketing focuses, Kinect emphasizing controller free and Move emphasizing performance. Despite this focus there is nothing preventing a PS3 game from allowing a player to use controller free gestures in a game and equally a Kinect game from using a controller.

Both systems are optimized for one or the other but both also allow for a hybrid control model and each game should consider the best control model for it's needs. I am not saying that Move and Kinect are the same, there are substantial differences in technology, but denying the possibility of controllers for Kinect games seems either unreasonable or deliberately deceptive in an effort to discredit Kinect.