vivster said:
With the exception that the APU of the PS4 is the reason why people are buying the PS4 and the Kinect is not for the X1. To be honest, I don't get the people genuinely not wanting the Kinect. I mean I can understand that they want to pay less but having a grudge against a piece of add-on hardware is just silly. That's like saying I won't buy the PS4 until they unbundle the crappy mono "headset". |
I'm one of the (moderate) "haters" ;)
First, I can't dissociate hardware and price. The crappy headset is OK because it's a cheap addition. If Sony was explaining that for that crappy headset I have to pay 100$ more and can't have 1080p, I would hate the hardware add-on the same.
2nd, I really see that kind of controller outside of gaming. I don't want to use for gaming, I don't like games using it, so for me Kinect has no gaming value. I don't care if other people are ready to pay to play it, but if MS have a grand strategy about "every console bundled with Kinect so we will have a giant Kinect market ftw" and see benefit in it, they should take in charge the cost. Imho, It's not like a headset or BR, it's like adding a plastic guitar because they want to sell guitar heroe a lot more.
Last, it makes the market less competitive and fun, like there is only 1 console that fit my needs. On PS2 area, I bought GC and PS2, and would have bought an Xbox if I had more money. Nowaday, I would not buy any console except for PS4.
