Disgusted with the loss of Innovation (Kinect)? (/rant)

[Michael-5]

Zappykins said:

Michael-5 said:

Was Kinect really innovative?

You can't force people into a specific way of gaming. Freedom is important and doing well in an environment where people actually want your product, that's innovation. If you have to force people to buy your add-on, then it's terrible and not innovative.

That said I'm looking forward to the games we'll see on XB1 in the future.

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P.S. Ryse was suppose to only use Kinect controls and look at how crappy it turned out. Meanwhile Smash Bros for Wii plays better with traditional gamecube controllers.

Yes, Kinect was the most innovated thing to happen to computers since the mouse came out.  Name one other thing that has been innovative?  (Touch screens were out in the 70s.)

Ryse is a fun game.  It does seemed rushed, but a good game none the less.

There are plenty of fun games for the Kinect on the 360.

You know when the mouse came out, it wasn't packaged with every pre-build PC right away. It was the consumers who decided that this device was innovative and it was the strong sales of mouse's which eventually lead them to be bundled with pre-built PC's.

Microsoft was trying to force a product onto people by bundling it before there was a strong demand for it. Sure a lot of people who enjoy Kinect really enjoy it, but at the same time a lot of people don't like the idea at all.

Sony was smart by making the PS Eye an add on, and it's selling quite well. Nintendo too were really smart with the Wii by allowing you to use Gamecube controllers on nearly every Wii game (thus not forcing you into motion gaming)

The simple truth was that Kinect was not a desired product. Unlike the mouse, not everyone see's it as beneficial, a lot of people prefer the controller (like myself). Heck it doesn't even work in small rooms, or rooms with tall coffee tables, so do those people really need one? Plus lets not forget the spying controversy.

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Competition is what makes better products. IGN made this articles:

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/13/using-sonys-playbook-microsoft-will-attempt-xbox-ones-turnaround

It talks about how Xerox invented the OS, Mac copied it and made it better and Microsoft followed suite and made it even better. Xerox wasn't competetive and now they are history. Microsoft needed to remove Kinect, otherwise it would have lost its competetive edge.

Most people don't want Kinect, we're going to see XB1 sales jump because of this and then we're going to see Sony do something else to keep their competetive edge.

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This is how innovation works. Nintendo started motion gaming with the Wii, but Sony and XB are taking over now because they know what consumers want.