Is the Kinect Camera an essential feature for you?

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crissindahouse said:

yes i really like kinect (well, kinect 1 could be obviously better) and i'm happy that every console will have it. only then, developers will really think about using it for stuff like in skyrim which is awesome and will probably also work much better with kinect 2. and i also like something like fantasia or kinect sports but kinect sports only when i have visitors. 

i also really like the idea to play as example fifa against a friend and see him on the screen while playing. to see his reaction after you shot a goal and so on... or for co-op games like gears of war. it's much nicer to see your friends which live around the country when you play with them.

I appreciate your optimism, but don't you think this is unlikely? Will third-party developers really put that much effort into Kinect just because it's part of the system? The Wii U GamePad is very much an essential part of the Wii U, yet developers haven't been coming up with groundbreaking and innovative uses for it. Same with the Wii remote.

Don't get me wrong -- I hope some developers, especially Rare, do something interesting with Kinect -- but there's a long history of developers doing what's safe, commonplace, and easy. I don't think Kinect will suddenly inspire them to create something new and exciting.