the negativity towards Kinect is nothing more than paranoid, idiot logic.

[Zappykins]

Sevengen said:

consoles and handheld controllers have been around since the early seventies, roughly forty years now. 

I want someone to explain to me why an alternative way to control your game system, an altogether different approach on how to play games in general, is a bad thing.

It isn't.  There is no way adding features are a bad thing.  Sure, not everyone is going to use everything - just like now.  But extra features, functionality and fun are always a nice thing to have.

I think the major negativity on Kinect is because some people thing it will be like gym in school and everyone will be force to exercise when they don't want too.  Plus I think many 'hard core' gamers hate moving, sports and dance and feel threatened that they might be forced off the couch.

If you like it cool, if you don’t – that’s your opinion, if you haven’t used it, well then keep an open mind – it’s not going to hurt you.

Innovation ALWAYS has a negative push – New York fought putting in the subway, and Arizona did everything it could to stop the Grand Canyon from being a National Park (they said it was to socialist and communistic.)  But I think few would argue that those aren’t good things to have today.