NPD March 2014 Thread - PS4 #1 (371k), Xbox One 311k, 360 111k, WiiU ~70k, Vita close to 4 digits. Titanfall tops software

[Shinobi-san]

oniyide said:

Shinobi-san said:

Well if they planned not to have software for the kinect then thats even worse.

You cant sell a game console on a non gaming experience. Well you can but it hasnt been done successfully yet. MS needed to show off the capabilities of the new kinect with gaming software. They had absolutely nothing.

Also the way MS has marketed Kinect and spoken about it, as a gaming experience, doesnt fit your theory.

But ironically thats EXACTLY what they tried to do. Their E3 presentation made that clear, DRM thing didnt help either. As for marketing delio's theory. IMHO its all lip service from MS they are saying what people want to hear. But their actions back up what Delio was saying.

Things dont always go to plan though. Im just saying that surely the approach with Kinect 2.0 wasnt entirely deliberate?

They should know based on the success of the Wii and the first Kinect that the real selling point of these devices is its "innovative" or new approach to gaming.

In any case i dont think MS had a very clear strategy or plan. Seemed like bad leadership all round. And i think arguing about what their plan was is a bit pointless considering that a doesnt seem like they had one.