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S.T.A.G.E. on 28 August 2013
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ironmanDX said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ironmanDX said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
 


...and your point its? You're justifying the longevity of casual use  item in the public eye because.....? Kinect 2 is being bundled to protect the investment, period. If they felt they could sell it without you would see a $400 Xbox One. Its called protecting an investment.

Wow. Seriously, do you need to play video games? Have a TV? Get out of here. We don't need half the shit we buy and yet, it stays relevant and we keep on buying it. I have to give you credit for taking that "loyalty free" statement out of your sig though. You finally stepped up.

Primarily you buy a videogame console to play videogames, yes. Sony changed the methodology to bring people into gaming via multimedia and Microsoft came and followed suit upping the ante with multimedia whilst bringing proper online to the table. The Kinect sold more units than the original Xbox, I am sure, but thats because of quick casual holiday sales. Such high sales between 2010 to 2012 is a short period of time to have such high sales and then just have it drop off  of the face of the earth. If Kinect 2 is the same product just with more powerful graphics, it will do very little compared to the first when it comes to concrete gaming. Same multimedia controls, same rails games, same everything except it has a much more powerful sensor, sound and camera. 

Primarily you buy a videogame console to play videogames, yes.

I didn't say otherwise.. Not sure why you lead the response with an obvious statement. In fact... Your response has little to do with what I said at all. Here, I'll copy and paste it for you. Well, the important part anyway.

"Wow. Seriously, do you need to play video games? Have a TV? Get out of here. We don't need half the shit we buy and yet, it stays relevant and we keep on buying it."

I want a response to that. To why the Iphone keeps selling so well yet we do not need it. Tablets have boomed too in recent years as have paying extra to go see a movie in 3-D in the cinemas, we don't need these tings, yet, here they are. MS CAN keep the Kinect relevant if they chose too and if everything fell in their favour. Not sure why you're so intent on denying it even a chance!!

I haven't really believed you about the loyalty free thing for a while, but you don't feel the need to discuss it so I'll drop it then. Kudos to you if you do indeed pick up all 3 consoles this gen. I hope you prove me wrong.

I didn't realize you were writing a rhetorical question for your underlined point.

As for the Iphone question, Iphone branding is just apart of the smart phone phenomenon with multimedia features. Everyone wants the all in one item to make their life easier, especially in America. Do we need it? No, but we want it because simpler is better for those who want it and can afford it. 3D has become a mainstay in cinema because of the uprising of CG taking over action films and family movies. Movie theatres gauge it by stand-alone sales not forced sales. Theres no need for 3D in a dramatic film.Theres a reason why they have staying power and that is because of certain types of movies. The Kinect, much like the Wii are just additions that should be optional, just like those things.

Dance Central is the only game I've seen where Microsoft has truly found an answer for the Kinect's use that should yield stable sales other than Kinect sports. I love that game, but the crowd that was buying Dance Central was a very minor crowd out of the 25 million buyers. I think that game is the proper successor to DDR. My friends and I got competitive while playing that. Dancing while in range of the camera is the extend of what I think the Kinect does and it does it well.

As for the point about owning all three consoles, yes the chances are rather high that I will invest in all three. I am no fan of a casual Nintendo console and yes, I have owned all Nintendo home consoles except the Wii. I've also owned every Xbox at some point in time. My only technical mark off is the Wii in saying I've owned everything from the big three.