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greenmedic88 said:
dahuman said:

If Nintendo can sell that many balance boards, then I'm not at all surprised at Kinect sales, good marketing will sell shit, especially on the 360's hometurf. There shouldn't even need to be a thread about it imo, should be a given. Whether or not the device is actually good, is up to the individuals that have used it, I can say in confidence that personally, I'm not impressed, at all, but that's just me.

That's actually a pretty interesting comparison. It's a bit surprising it hasn't been brought up more often.

Even with the lack of must buy titles that utilized the BB, it still sold so well that Nintendo had trouble keeping up with production to match demand for what felt like well over a year.

After Wii Fit 2, which was simply a substitute for Wii Fit 1, what was there? I played Shaun White Snowboarding and Punch Out with the board and didn't exactly feel as though either added much to the value of the BB, not that it mattered since I did get a good 6 months entertainment/usage out of Wii Fit; a lot longer than most games.

It's been about half a year since Kinect debuted and currently Dance Central and Kinect Sports seem to be the only significant titles. And yet that remains enough to continue to sell the peripheral. If anything, the only mistake with Kinect may have been hinting at its appeal to the core audience in terms of traditional core games without actually delivering. 


That's what I'm saying, you only need 1 or 2 games to sale lackluster hardware, fuck, the Wii kicked everybody's balls with Wii Sports that came with the system. It's all in the marketing and where you are targetting it. I think using Kinect for core titles is a super dumb idea and they should just stop before shit goes to hell.

That being said, I've paied for 2 balance boards so far, and I have 2 Wiis, I guess the marketing on those worked......

Also, didn't some kid try to argue with me about Asia sales? The months have passed, where is he now? My prediction of shit sales in Asia already came true awhile ago, he owes me a I'm right statement.