| PizzaFaceGamer said: I agree with many of your points!!
I didn't get the sense of Magic I got when I tried Kinect for the first time. Also, Kinect is VERY INTUITIVE! There is virutally no learning curve and it is easy to "Jump In' ____________________ In response to "What saves the Move is it can be a harcore game controller as well as the Kiddie/arcade type games that has made the Kinect so successful" - I can only say that NEITHER of Kinect's best selling games are Kiddie, nor are they arcade. Kinect Sports 3 million sold Dance Central 2.5 million sold Your Shape Fitness Evolved almost 1 million sold |
No offense, but Kinect Sports is kiddie/family oriented. I'm not saying you can't have an amazing time playing it, but the simple truth is it is kiddie/family oriented.
Dance Central is totally an arcade style game. It has single player dancing where you try for a high score, a 2 player mode where you compete against each other, a workout mode, and a challenge mode. It has less "campaign" in it than the guitar heroes have (which are also totally arcade style games) for goodness sakes.
Your Shape Fitness Evolved isn't Kiddie nor Arcade style, but it still isn't "hardcore," which is what he says Move can be more compatible with. It is an exercise "game". Amazing idea, and it is wonderful that so many people have purchased it in order to get some good exercise, but one may even provide the argument that this doesn't qualify as a "game." Yes, it is on a video game console, but is exercising truthfully a "game?"
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Now, I'm not saying Kinect isn't a great thing, because it looks pretty damned awesome and has become extremely popular when it comes to Xbox 360 owners, I just felt the examples you provided were a little weak.
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In respect to Sony or Nintendo getting Kinect: Nintendo already has motion, and I really don't know that they need Kinect. Wii Motion Plus is already pretty sweet for the necessary motions, and I feel like something such as Kinect would be a pretty expensive periphreal for a company I have come to see as being on the cheaper side in regards to how much it costs to get their system (referring towards the Gamecube and Wii).
In regards to Playstation, I would agree with others I don't think it would sell quite as much on PS3 as it did on 360, however, I still think it would outsell what the Move is doing. But that isn't to say there would necessarily be more profit involved in it. Not sure about R&D costs, but there is no way in hell Sony has the insanely huge advertising budget for the Move that Kinect has.
Just some points you have to think of. There are decisions such as this that companies have to decide on all the time, and sometimes a company is going to make a big mistake. Rather than dread that mistake for years to come, however, they need to continue on with their business, and try not making the same mistake next time.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
