"Embarassing" Kinect Interview

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Alby_da_Wolf said:

unknown_soul89 said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Kinect will be a strong "casual" device, but the more we know about its strenghts and weaknesses, the more likely it becomes that it will leave the "hardcore" motion market, whatever its size is, whole and undivided to Sony PS Move. Maybe Sony suddenly realized it and this could be the reason why it suddenly looks more persuaded of Move's chances.

I don't see how kinect can succeed as a causal device either, wii pretty much has that market cornered and MS doesn't have anything besides a cheap gimmick that makes the actual games not work well and is incredibly awkward 

Success can mean, on a smaller scale, decent sales. It can work well on a subset of sports, dance and fitness games. This could make it a competitor for Wii Balance Board. But Wii BB is an add-on that COMPLETES the Wii's motion control system, while Kinect is the only XB motion control, and it isn't a complete, general purpose controller, so it cannot really beat Wii, just be a decent runner up if it concentrates on doing well what it can really do.

Yea I still don't see it being a contender, even if you limit the field to fitness and dance "games", the wii is cheaper and more versatile, I can't see a single women buying a wii or kinect for a fitness game, and every mother is going to tell herself she's getting it mostly for the kids when she's getting a wii, so the balance board add on is more justifiable purchase in the mind of the people that would actually be interested in those games, kinects only real audience the the longterm girlfriends of 360 owners and people who still believe it will deliver what it promised