Xenostar said:
they wont its still optional less than 50% of there audience will have Kinect. Most devs will see it as a waste of resources. |
How do get to the 50% number if every system sold has it? Most people buying the XB1 will hook it up(probably 95%+). THey will try some of the unique features it provides. They will start gaming and stop thinking about it. Even if they don't regularly use it, it will be hooked up. When they talk to their friends that have an XB1(people in friend groups generally buy similar or the same consoles), they will hear how they did something or used kinect and the curiousity will kick in.
I have had a number of people who own 360's come over to my place and want to try the kinect. A good portion of them went out and purchased it afterwords. Seeing as how the Kinect 1.0 way underperformed compared to the demos for 2.0, I would think that it will only get easier for people to get into using Kinect 2.0 .
People who say that they just can't buy the XB1 because they are paying for the Kinect or just don't want that feature is understandable. It is odd if they haven't even tried it out. I would bet that a number of them will eventually try it at a friends or whatever and quickly see that it isn't as much gimmick as they thought. Kinect is really just another tool to have hooked to your television. It can enhance many features of your living room. The best part is that it can enhance and change how you play games. Hard for me to jusge a game without playing it, so I can't imagine how so many people can dismiss this tech woithout atleast trying it. The hard part for M$ is that very few of the launch titles really show the full capability of the Kinect, so people aren't being wowed. I am not looking for being wowed, I just like the enhancements in all aspects that is can provide.