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thx1139 on 12 January 2012
PrimeBigTime said:
I don't understand why they don't use props when playing. I understand the whole "you are the controller" thing but think about it. I don't want to play Forza without grabbing a steering wheel, and holding my hands out in front of me is just lame. However, if I played a star wars game that came with a lightsaber I could actually swing, that would be pretty cool. Or physically holding a prop gun, a baseball bat, or a real golf club works as well. Yes it's similar to the Wii, but it works, and we wouldn't need to attach the controller to the object. We could use a real bat or club that feels heavy in our hands. Those sort of things would open up a whole slew of new games that would appeal to more than just the "casual" gamer.

What is stopping you from using a prop? 



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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gameonbro on 12 January 2012
Argh_College said:
Without wanting to star a war but Kinect is wayyyyyyyyyy undertracked over here by 2 milions...


heck from what microsoft said it was just wow....  between the numbers between kinect and x360 the upcoming weeks will definitely be interesting



Barozi on 12 January 2012
gameonbro said:
Panama said:
What upsets me with the Kinect sales is that genuinely good Kinect games like Sesame Street and Child of Eden aren't selling.


true totally dissapointed in child of eden sells.  i think gunstringer, child of eden, and rise of nightmares determine what other did.  most developers took a wait and see approach.

im suprised sesame street numbers.  dang lame parents hogging the kinect after buying it for their kids at christmas

But they wouldn't sell any better without Kinect on the 360 or the PS3. Also all of them should reach 350k and that should be more than enough for The Gunstringer, okay for Child of Eden and maybe even enough for Sesame Street (which I think had the higher production costs).

None of these games "NEED" 1 million sales to be successful.



PrimeBigTime on 12 January 2012
thx1139 said:
PrimeBigTime said:
I don't understand why they don't use props when playing. I understand the whole "you are the controller" thing but think about it. I don't want to play Forza without grabbing a steering wheel, and holding my hands out in front of me is just lame. However, if I played a star wars game that came with a lightsaber I could actually swing, that would be pretty cool. Or physically holding a prop gun, a baseball bat, or a real golf club works as well. Yes it's similar to the Wii, but it works, and we wouldn't need to attach the controller to the object. We could use a real bat or club that feels heavy in our hands. Those sort of things would open up a whole slew of new games that would appeal to more than just the "casual" gamer.

What is stopping you from using a prop? 


You know what, that's a good question.  I will try this out!



Mistershine on 13 January 2012
PrimeBigTime said:
thx1139 said:
PrimeBigTime said:
I don't understand why they don't use props when playing. I understand the whole "you are the controller" thing but think about it. I don't want to play Forza without grabbing a steering wheel, and holding my hands out in front of me is just lame. However, if I played a star wars game that came with a lightsaber I could actually swing, that would be pretty cool. Or physically holding a prop gun, a baseball bat, or a real golf club works as well. Yes it's similar to the Wii, but it works, and we wouldn't need to attach the controller to the object. We could use a real bat or club that feels heavy in our hands. Those sort of things would open up a whole slew of new games that would appeal to more than just the "casual" gamer.

What is stopping you from using a prop? 


You know what, that's a good question.  I will try this out!


I tried the Wii wheel with Forza 4 and I didn't work well from what I remember, will try again though.