Sony & Nintendo PASSED on Kinect Tech - Biggest Mistake In Gaming History?

[Mr Puggsly]

killeryoshis said:

Mr Puggsly said:

killeryoshis said:

Passing on Kinect would've been a bad move if it helped microsoft long term but it seems it only helped for the holiday season and first 1-3 months of this year. Looking at his beautiful chart you can see 

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php

That kinect is being outsold by wii fit and just dance 2

It used to be big like this

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=40685&reg=World&date=40580

The only way its a mistake is if you look short term and only look at the holiday season and America sales. It did little in Europe and nothing in Japan 

Kinect is big now, but it would have been even more massive with Nintendo backing it. It could have been Nintendo's next big innovation that prolonged the life of the Wii or made Project Cafe a guaranteed huge success. That's why it was a big mistake for Nintendo to let it pass by.

Your only as big as you are right now. Sure if you take kinect's sales lifetime wise you can call it big but its not big any more as its not selling that much anymore. Let me rephrase that it WAS big. 

Also I have no idea how it could make wii or cafe last longer as its not doing much for 360 now and looks like it will do nothing by next year unless it gets some killer apps. I think nintendo would've looked at kinect as the weaker version of wii fit but cost more. (Sales wise)

You make it sound like Kinect is struggling. Lets see how its done in 2011 so far...

3

X360

Kinect Adventures!

2,695,213

4

Wii

Just Dance 2

2,502,057

6

X360

Call of Duty: Black Ops

1,812,537

7

Wii

Wii Fit Plus

1,685,964

 

Now this... "Your only as big as you are right now." Kinect is the type of device that really sells during the holidays. Last I checked its not the holidays and its the same story for the Wii. Wii sales were pretty modest throughout 2010 yet it dominated the holidays. Hence, Kinect will be "big" again.

Wii Balance Board doesn't have any killer apps other than the one its bundled with. So why does Kinect need them? Regardless there is hope for great games to come to Kinect. When you buy a Wii Balance Board there is not much else to look forward to than Wii Fit.

I believe Nintendo passed on the Kinect technology because they didn't think it could be affordable. In the end they missed out on something great and it could have been their next big innovation. In due time they may just clone it though.