What was the whole point of Kinect 2?

[Eddie_Raja]

McDonaldsGuy said:

It is the most confusing thing to me besides the Wii U Gamepad. What was Microsoft's intention with it? It has had only like 2 games since launch, 1 which is a legit 2/10 (some fighting game from Ubisoft) game and one which is whatever (Kinect Sports Rivals). It has had some downloadable games here and there but nothing substantial.

The Kinect's purpose was clear - get some of the Wii audience. Motion controls were still popular in 2010 but the Wii hype was dying, so for 2 years the Kinect took advantage and sold 24 million. The thing is the Kinect was actually supported. It launched with 15+ games, and was regularly supported for those 2 years.

Motion control gaming died in 2012... so what was Microsoft trying to do with Kinect 2? And they couldn't be going after the blue ocean audience because the they didn't have any games for the Kinect and the One was $499 (compared to the Wii's $249 price point and Kinect+360's $299).

Only the Gamepad is the weirder choice for controller for the past 15 years.

I completely agree.  If Ryse had actually been a hardcore Camera game, and MS mandated that all games use Kinect this would be a completely different situation.

As it stands it's like MS put all of thie R&D money into creating a device with ZERO support.