What was the whole point of Kinect 2?

[Dusk]

oniyide said:

Dusk said:

That's nothing that some software updates couldn't overcome. 

The voice recognition has come along in massive leaps in the last couple years with Apple, Samsung and even blackberry on theiir phones, this is the same tech. the same can be said for the motion capture of the kinect. Incapable and unwillingness are far from the same thing. Much of what I spoke of is just utilizing it in a similar way just with a different format.

@ bolded but doesnt that prove my point of them not having anything to show? I mean sure lets say thats true, but i promise that outside of some forum goers you cant sell your 500 dollar machine and then say "wait for software updates to see what it can do!" That dog dont hunt as has been proven by the sales.

The fact that that technology exist in devices that people most likely already HAVE doesnt make a strong case for Kinect. Again nobody trying to pay 500 for something they know they already have access to or can be gotten for much cheaper. Maybe they werent incapable or unwilling, but they sure as hell werent prepared and thats MS' burden to bare.

@Bolded That's kind of funny this gen. That's exactly what all three systems have done so far, as far as home consoles go, for the 8th gen. Sony only just released a software update of a major feature they were talking up before the system was released. The sleep/stand-by mode. So I would most certainly argue it hasn't been proven by sales in the slightest. 

Of course it's MS's burden to bare. They have done what they have done and it's entirely on them. You speak as if I have made some excuses for their goofs, I haven't in the slightest. In my opinion they went entirely the wrong way with the X1. When they should have really shown what the Kinect could do and make it that 'must have' piece of tech, like the Wii or PS4, they decided to play the exact same game as Sony with the PS4 and almost go carbon copy, just slightly inferior. So despite the hard core Xbox/halo and some of their exclusives, there isn't much of a reason to get an X1 over a PS4 now. The main selling factor since they are almost twins almost entirely comes down to price right now. X1 sold like crazy when the price was reduced over the holidays, there is a reason for that. The biggest thing that the PS4 has going for it right now is its momentum and people wanting to get what their friends have got.