is Kinect a fad?

[selnor1983]

Xenostar said:

selnor1983 said:

Xenostar said:
In terms of gaming its a fad, voice controls will carry on improving, just not sure why people think you need a camera for that.

The camera adds other great things for non gaming. 1080p Skype, no need to sign in as it recognises who is holding the controller. Video in video of your Game DVR. Project Spark uses the camera to allow you to do motion capture for your game characters. Kinect Sports uses the camera to map your real face into a cartoon avatar.

Other than the motion capture for Spark, which is an extremly niche use, and again still more than likley a FAD, you dont need $150 camera to do any of the other things. Face mapping in sports games has been done many times in the past on $20 cameras and ads almost nothing to the gameplay as all the other things you mentioned dont.. 

For GAMING its a fad, or even worse features that are so minor, most will not even notice there missing. 

For multimedia like picture in game DVR its a real nice thing, IGN have recomended the PS4 camera soley on that feature as well, if You tubing is what your into. Obviously a camera for skype is a great thing as well, i just think they could go with a much cheaper camera for all the features that anyone will use it for. 

When people talk about Kinect as a FAD there talking about the full body motion tracking, all its other features can be done on the cheap. 

XboxOne cost me £429.99 with Fifa 14. PS4 costs £359.99 without a game and no camera. So its not that much extra for Kinect at all. All in all what I paid for was a great priced bundle. To get a Ps4 with a camera and Fifa 14 would have cost me £479.99.