Makaha said:
the thing is.....
PS Move is doing well now, and I'm sure Kinect will do well when it launches because of it's new-ness, but how long will the PS Move do well, and how long will Kinect do well. Remember, the reason that the Wii was so successful was because it had SUSTAINED great sales, it was compelling enought to have sustained sales.
I personally don't like motion controls and I don't like the Wii, and was hoping both PS Move and Kinect fails so that motion controls would just die, but I could be wrong and motion controls are here to stay (Nooooo!!! LOL)
We'll also have to see if Kinect really delivers. Many people have tried PS Move because it's released already, so it's a known quantity in terms of performance, whereas not many people have tried Kinect, so we don't know if it really delivers on it's promise, to the point that it will have sustained sales, otherwise it will just be a fad, and sales will fade after Christmas. Everyone thought the Wii was a fad, but obviously it wasn't. But only time will tell if people think PS Move and Kinect are both fads, or not. |
Well yeah, we won't know what truly happens until Kinect goes out. But based on buzz, people's awareness of it and Microsoft's aggressive marketing of it, it's safe to say that it will succeed at least to the level of Move, quite possibly more. Neither Move nor Kinect will have the sustained impact of the Wii. First of all it's an odd comparison because you're comparing a console to peripherals. Second, companies who follow suit often don't mimic the success of the originator. Sometimes it can, but often not. These items are not meant to propel the consoles to Wii sales figures, it just adds to the long term value of the systems while hopefully attracting some of the casual Wii base. I expect both to continue to sell at low numbers for a while. Don't worry though, regular controllers aren't going anywhere, thank God.
