Microsoft Kinect: Why it failed to do what it was supposed to do even though it was successful

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

Jazz2K said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Jazz2K said:
People can moan all they want, Kinect works great for a lot of people myself included. I don't care if I can't play "core" games with it because I don't just play "core" games. I could've got the Move or a Wii but the Wii games that interrest me are dancing games... Kinect does them better... on PS3 no Move games interrested me and just like one pointed out, navigating in the menus with Kinect is something else once you're used to it.

I'm also glad MS invested in the technology and hope they release a new more powerful version along the next Xbox because really is a lot of possibilities with this device. If people on forums can't see past their nose then we can't do much for then.

No one is doubting it. Anyone who paid attention knows that kinect tech is gimped by the fact that you cannot control depth. We learned this lesson long ago from the Eyetoy, thats all. If the greatest ambition of the Kinect was to be a Dance Central, creen scroller then so be it, but I doubt thats all Microsoft was banking on. Microsoft sells and with this device put the pressure of god in the devs to make it exactly into what they say it is. Its fine if you like it as a scroller or for dance central,  but thats not all  it was marketed to be, but Microsoft failed at saying it was good for everything including core games. Microsoft has to pay up for the next one because they knew the drawbacks and still sold it like it didnt have any. Best of luck to them next gen.

Why you're still comparing it to Eyetoy is beyond me... anyway, seems like you don't know how it works and what software was built to make it work as it is. But I don't blame anyone, even myself though it could do wonders but was kinda dissapointed with some results but why I and a lot of people were able to understand that devs are mostly the cause for the poor games more than the device while the rest (mostly haters) still brag that nothing good can be done on Kinect.

I swear some will hold grudges forever because their expectations were so high they're like these girls that put their faith in their first love and once the guy is gone they became sour and kept moaning that all guys are the same and bad... lol, chill out guys if you don't like it don't use it or stop searching reasons for games to be bad. I wish MS the best of luck next gen and hope Kinect will be included.

I never set my expectations high, but it is good for multimedia use and simple things. I've used the Eyetoy and the Kinect  and to me its just a more powerful version of it that was hyped to be more. Trust me, if it had more potential than you say, Microsoft would've never had it and Sony would be using it by now.

Because Sony always has 1st pick and is a proper judge of product success? lol wake up this aint the PS2 days when Sony had great judgement. Given Move specific games equally bomb review wise (see above post) BOTH casual and core, Id say that Kinect has more potential then Move and Sony have no idea whats good for themselves and others. That theory is way more plausable then yours.