Is X1 forcing Kinect on us any different than PS3 forcing Bluray on us?

[Normchacho]

Mr Puggsly said:

Normchacho said:
This is a pretty silly comparison...Some people don't like voice controls or don't see the value in spending the extra money for the kinect.

Blu ray is objectivity better than dvd. The only drawback was that it was very expensive when the PS3 launched. It may not have had huge benefits for gamers last gen but the impact that the PS3 blu ray drive had on physical media as a whole and gaming this generation is pretty obvious.

Not really sure how you didn't think of that immediately.

Bluray is indeed better than DVD, but it didn't make 7th gen gaming better.

The only major benefit we saw was the ability to Bluray movies. However, the masses bought a PS3 because they wanted a gaming machine, not a Bluray player.

Well, there wern't really any gameplay benifits to having Bluray disks. But it sure is nice to not have multiple disks and not have to worry about scratching them.

But like I said, not really the same sort of situation as the kinect.