A203D said:
1. Who are you trying to kid, people who would be intimdated by controllers are people like parents, adults and the elderly who have no real experience with gaming devices. a lot like the wii market. these are also people who wouldnt play games like call of duty, or even super mario galaxy. so again, adults etc. a lot of the games even look like Wii sports. okay fair enough some people are interested in hands free entertainment and maybe some arent satisfied with the wii. but the wii has sold has sold a lot more than the 360; M$ are motivated into targetting this market for 1 reason alone, and that is profit. do you think a billionaire like bill gates cares about helping underserved wii users. of course not, or they would have targetted that market when they came into this generation. 2. i think the reason the 3DS might impede kinect's stride is because a lot of parents buy a DS for their kids and a fair amount of adults use the brain training games, puzzle games etc. so i think these people will have to decide if they want: a new motion capable device or a new 3D handheld for what i think could be a simmilar price point. but then for those without a 360, kinect would be more expensive than a 3DS. families and kids is the key market for kinect. 3. yeah fair enough ESPN is pretty cool. but this dance game seems very simmilar to 'just dance' on the wii, which was a hit. your telling me that M$ isnt targetting the fitness fans who enjoyed wii fit. and kinectimals, you have heard of nintendogs i take it. kinectimals seems based on very simmilar principles, some would say identical!!
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1. Its something I heard from developers relaying some of their experiences with focus groups. Trust me, im not pulling this out of thin air. 
There are a lot of reasons for it between intimidation as in everyone is a complete and utter noob at some point and thinking that gaming is stupid. However these same people may see movies/music on demand as useful or ESPN and SKY in U.K./U.S. respectively as useful. So the entry isn't always going to have to be gaming related.
They didn't have the incentive or will to target these users because they were more interested in copying Sony TBH. That doesn't mean that they cannot refocus on new markets part way through the generation. I cannot speculate on their motivations, plans or anything like that so im not about to say Kinect was always in their plans or it was never in their plans. At face value at least it appears that even if it was coming, the Wii accellerated its development.
2. Sure from the perspective of the gaming dollar, or even the entertainment budget. However Kinect is for the family whereas the 3DS is a personal game device for usually one person. Its not directly competing even though its in the same market. Its the Ketchup to the Mustard in the condiments market really if you get what I mean. Both condiments but they serve different purposes.
3. Sorry, never played Nintendogs but the interactions seemed to be completely different but im not going to claim certainty here. However the dance program and fitness program are different in that they rely on total body movement as an interface rather than simply a single point of reference in the balance board or Wiimotes. Kinect simply makes a lot more sense as an interface for these types of games.
Tease.
