I did feel Kinect could do a core game well. But that doesnt mean it was Kinects primary function. Color me hopeful that Kinect could do another core title outside The Gunstringer, no more. I know what Kinect was really made for.

I did feel Kinect could do a core game well. But that doesnt mean it was Kinects primary function. Color me hopeful that Kinect could do another core title outside The Gunstringer, no more. I know what Kinect was really made for.

It was perfectly clear, right from the start, that Konect would not be able to run "core titles". The GPU has three shader groups. You must use at least one for the Kinect software and at least one for graphics. So it was perfectly clear that Kinect games will either be

a) Accurate Kinect control with "chldish" graphics (2:1 shader allocation)

b) Inaccurate Kinect control with "medium" graphics (1:2 shader allocation)

Kinect's function was to form a powerful software engineering group (basically buying up companies in 3D research) for the nextgen Kinect (which will be a pure software solution) and catering to the "family user" by 23457 "dancing and jump around games". My prediction: as soon as Kinect2 is out, MS will forget Kinect ever existed.

This is exactly what I've been trying to tell him. The Wii had the best showcasing of motion controls the whole gen with some great first party  games and a handful of third party, but my point to him is that the Move had the most concrete potential to make a core title than all of the peripherals even though proper games werent made for it. Microsoft could do really well with the core if they follow Sony and Nintendo with nunchucks that are read by the Kinect. Essentially if they follow Sony's lead but market it big, people will act like its something new to the same effect of the Eyetoy market failure.

This is exactly what I've been trying to tell him. The Wii had the best showcasing of motion controls the whole gen with some great first party  games and a handful of third party, but my point to him is that the Move had the most concrete potential to make a core title than all of the peripherals even though proper games werent made for it. Microsoft could do really well with the core if they follow Sony and Nintendo with nunchucks that are read by the Kinect. Essentially if they follow Sony's lead but market it big, people will act like its something new to the same effect of the Eyetoy market failure.

Gotta disagree with this, I think Ninty just marketed right, but there motion controls sucked as well. We got alot of shovelware and even those were barely accurate. Then when they did finally release something to make it work, the way it should have done from day 1, that thing got even less support than Move. All three are bad in one form or another

Gotta disagree with this, I think Ninty just marketed right, but there motion controls sucked as well. We got alot of shovelware and even those were barely accurate. Then when they did finally release something to make it work, the way it should have done from day 1, that thing got even less support than Move. All three are bad in one form or another

yea sure all motion control efforts suck'd. it's just Ninty's sucked the least.

Im not talking about how the Move did, but rather the potential of the tech to make a core game. It was essentially the Wii and Kinect combined, capable (if devs had the time to work on it, especially Ubisoft) of making a game that could spawn a new genre.