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Microsoft - is Kinect a fad? - View Post

Well, I clicked on the thread to comment on whether or not kinect is a fad, but I see the topic has shifted to user interfaces instead... Which is kind of dumb because they both have pluses and minuses and superiority of one over the other entirely subjective.

I will try to get the thread back on track I guess by adressing the original question. I think kinect was in fact a fad... Because I dont think it works well for what microsoft intended. If they released a small controller that you grip while playing that would add an anlogue stick for movement and some buttons, I think kinect could have lead to some awesome gameplay improvements. However, microsoft dropped the ball and marketed the device to the wrong audience and then let it sit without real support. Now there are too many negative opinions of the device to have much future potential in attracting a new audience...