NightDragon83 said:
Actually Kinect did pretty well considering the fact that it's an optional peripheral and was released more than halfway into the 360's lifespan. There aren't too many hardware peripherals in gaming history that can boast the install base / attach rate that the Kinect has enjoyed... it basically gave the 360 a new lease on life for the past few years, allowing it to capture a good chunk of the market that was abandoned by Nintendo once they pulled the plug on the Wii. The thing that pisses me off though is not only is Kinect 2.0 alot more expensive (and pretty much the only reason why the X1 i $499), but ever since the negative feedback M$ received from the initial X1 reveal focusing too much on Kinect and the TV features, there has been ZERO Kinect-only games demonstrated to show us just how much better the new Kinect is for gaming. Everything show so far has been optional voice commands or motion controls in games like Forza 5 and Ryse. So in essence, M$'s mandatory peripheral for the X1 that we are forced to spend an extra $100 for is nothing more than a glorified dashboard, web and app navigator not unlike the standard features that just about every "smart" TV comes equipped with these days. When you consider the fact that w/out Kinect 2.0, M$ could have potentially released an Xbone core unit for just $350 and undercut Sony again, the same way they released the 360 "core" / "arcade" unit for just $299, which was huge once the PS3's two bundles were revealed to be $200 more than their equivalent 360 bundles. |
exactly.
for a company they were so scared of their own success. the blunder that was the reveal although it was exactly as they said it would be left them with no soul. i think they listened to much to sony fanboys to be honest. the xbots didnt mind kinect (shut up if you did middle finger lol) but they just wanted the balance to be more like 75-25 or higher non-kinect focus. sony fanboys mocked after the tv tv tv sports sports sports tv tv tv cod cod cod fiasco (ironically sony spent almost the same amount of time during e3 talking about the same stuff and not one peep) and all you saw in forums over and over again how many will be kinect, most of them will be kinect. so what did microsoft do show pretty much kinect sports which was obvious.
they could have took the time to show why the new kinect is better but they didnt. fantasia is a kinect game and people have actually been giving it alot of good words but you would never know. D4 has dual controls as well. crimson dragon? still not sure if they dropped kinect entirely. ryse total dissapointment but i understand. went from a kick ass looking kinect game to a kinect controller game to a voice with a few gesturs maybe game. just dance, zumba, umm... hell thats how hard it is finding xbox one kinect titles.
kinect for xbox one is a much more capable device they should treat it as such. not just a cool voice remote
