Kinect featured on The Ellen Degeneres Show

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AnthonyW86 said:

daroamer said:

AnthonyW86 said:

This makes me want Kinect to fail so hard right now... i just hate this commercial mainstream crap. Us (hard)core gamers have been supporting the industry for decades and this is what we get? The least Microsoft could have done is launch it with another system, like Xbox Play or something.

When did Microsoft say they will stop making games for the hardcore audience? 

Do you also hope that the movie and television industry will fail because they sometimes make entertainment that doesn't fall within your tastes?

I've got no problem with Kinect, it's more the way they try to ''hype'' and brainwash people into buying by forcing it into every popular thing or show they can find(and spend a ridiculous amount of money doing it no doubt). I really don't like it when a gaming brand(xbox) is being sold like somekind of cheap tell-sell product. Instead of throwing away money at this type of marketing they could have sold Kinect for $99 and doing the early adaptor and loyal gamer a favor who's support made Xbox what it is today, and didn't let it die a quick death back when it started.

But by looking at the marketing it's pretty obious we won't get many ''core'' games for Kinect anyway, wich is a shame.

Agree. Anyway, marketing is alas necessary, but they could anyway save some money preferring quality to quantity: I liked Ellen's demo, but Oprah was worse than awful, never seen an ad more uninspired, except those for local small enterprises on very small and almost amateurish local TVs.