Why are people trying to downplay Kinect's success?

[jarrod]

NotStan said:

jarrod said:

In the spirit of downplaying, anyone else notice Kinect seems to be a first party powerhouse but 3rd party wasteland sales wise?  All the big sellers (Kinect Sports, Dance Central, Kinectimals) are all published by Microsoft basically... it's even more lopsidedly 1st party than Wii launch was I think?

Will there be any acknowledgement of this in the industry or will "dominant 1st party" remain a Nintendo only phenomenon for pundits / detractors?

Imo it's all down to "If a game is good, it will sell", the only 3rd party game that seems like a worthy investment is Dance Central so far, and it's reflecting in sales. What I don't understand is why the hell Kinectanimals is selling, it looks morbid, well to me personally anyway.

Microsoft published and promoted Dance Central, it fits into the hypothetical "only 1st party sells" narrative.

The top 3rd party game (and only decent seller imo) seems to be YourShape, but it was advertised like CRAZY in America, plus Ubisoft had at twice as many breakout hits for Wii launch (Raving Rabbids and Red Steel).