Kinect is the new Tickle Me Elmo

[welshbloke]

Metallicube said:

Wagram said:

Joke thread or not. I agree with it. This casual gaming era is destroying the market with trash games with no future. Kinect like stated is nothing mroe than a glorified over-priced eye toy. I don't believe the Wii is causing the destruction of the gaming world though. I believe that is more of the developers/publishers fault due to wanting to make quick and easy (also shitty) games.

I have seen Wii, Kinect, and even Move in action. I'm not going to lie at the current time i'm not a big fan of any of them due to them mainly catering an audience that is completely 180 degress opposite of me on the gaming spectrum line. Though out of ANY of them I see Move having the biggest potential due to the diverse line-up Sony will provide as well as the accuracy and precision of the product.

Wii is great for certain games don't get me wrong. Kinect is a cool "tech." Though the current line-up sucks a horses ass. The lag combined with the boring routines of already released re-hashed games (excluding dance central) isn't cutting it. Now the product is still in its infancy and people once stated the PS3 had shit software so maybe in time it will get better. I just don't see myself buying one unless there is an AMAZING killer app. I don't find doing repeated actions over and over fun, and I don't find getting my picture taken *cute*.

These casuals are eventually going to get over the fact that motion controls exist. Then they will leave or stop playing. As shown by the frequent buying Wii and shelfing it statement.

The difference is the Wii has, and will keep selling both hardware and software. Kinect on the other hand is only selling hardware, not so much software. And soon the hardware sales will follow the poor software sales if Kinect doesn't get some killer aps.

Mmm and I thought Kinect Sports was already selling at the same pace as GT5 which I am pretty sure is selling well. I wonder how many games Wii sold in its first few months? You could say Kinect Sports is already doing the job of the Killer app even if you do not like it the sales would suggest otherwise.

Must we revisit the same tired old arguments that where thrown at the Wii and just re-badge and redirect at the Kinect.