| HappySqurriel said:
I'm thinking of this in the context of my brother's family ... When Kinect came out they bought my nephews an XBox 360 with Kinect for Christmas, and (in generaly) my brother and sister in law have been very disappointed with the XBox. The reason is that there are few age appropriate games for the boys (they're now 9 and 11 so it isn't as bad as it was initially) and the games that were available were for Kinect and they only kept the boy's interest for a couple days; in contrast, many of the Wii games I helped them select were regularly played for months after the fact. While they were impressed by the graphics, begrudgingly allowed me to by them "inappropriate" games for their XBox, and with the boys (probably) being teens by the time the next XBox is out they may buy another Microsoft system; but I suspect Microsoft faces an uphill battle on re-selling Kinect to girls, women and casual gamers who bought into Kinect thinking that it would make the XBox as viable as the Wii for them. Certainly the technology has probably improved, but people tend to be gun shy about buying into a concept a second time after their needs weren't met the first time.
As for why people are not as critical about Sony on some topics ... I would say that, at this point in time, people are less critical of Sony for similar reasons why people weren't (that) critical of Nintendo at the end of the Gamecube generation. No one enjoys kicking someone when they're already down, and Sony is in pretty rough shape at the moment. |
I'm thinking in the context of my family too.
We are much older than your family for one my little cousin being 20 now. She really enjoyed Dance Central and some workout games though she was also heavily involved in basketball in highshcool. We have pretty similar tastes though she exchanges RPGs for Sim Sports. Xbox was a good fit for her even without kinect. KS,DC, Lips, UFC PT and Zumba plus voice commands to control navigation and media were enough for her. Voice commands are easier and faster to use and explain she tells me. If she could browse the web and chat with it she would probably squeal.
In fact the only female I've heard of not being satisfied by kinect was the girl I bought it off craigslsit from when I decided to get an Xbox because my BC PS3 broke. Guys on the other hand it's the opposite. Nothing but complaints. While I agree with most of them I still find it enjoyable. I also didn't pay 150 for it.
