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Forums - Gaming - Comparing the legacy of the WiiU Gamepad and XOne Kinect 2.0 -- which is worse?

 

Which has the worst legacy?

XOne Kinect 135 80.84%
 
Wii U Gamepad 32 19.16%
 
Total:167
Frogger on 19 May 2014

Kinect is worse. The gamepad still needs to go. Pokemon is the only game that I can see needing the gamepad, and we all know that's not happening.



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zippy on 19 May 2014

Kinect sports or Wonderful 101 ...yes Kinect 2 is deffo worse.



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 20 May 2014
Soundwave said:
I think the concept of selling a console mainly around a controller is a flawed concept.

It worked once for the Wii, and that was more of a case of being the exact right product for the exact right time IMO.

X1 and Wii U struggling while Sony has the only game console that's selling well with no gimmicks attached to it shows that gamers just want to game.

I think it also shows that the casual player is gone ... console gaming is for the hardcore player, a casual person doesn't need to spend $300 on a completely separate device just to play video games, they get their gaming fix on devices that are much more convenient and far more cost friendly (per game).

I said something along the lines of this back in Febuary.

MS and Nintendo were obsessed with claiming that casual gold mine that the Wii lucked into last gen but they've failed to realize it was only a fluke. If the controller is the primary distingushed or advertised feature of a console, then it must be made integral through support rather than mandate.



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Dr.Henry_Killinger on 20 May 2014
kowenicki said:

Being objective...

One can be removed and therefore doesn't seal its consoles fate in the longer term, the other cant and therefore does seal its consoles fate in the longer term. Thus the gamepad legacy is far, far worse as its continued inclusion renders the WiiU a probable failure forever. The One can continue without (or with for those that still want it)

 

But the poll here will have an obvious conclusion...

Being truly objective...

The Kinect 2.0 is worse for many subtle reasons.

Both of them affected the development of their systems.

Both were mandatory.

Both drove up the price of their respective systems.

However, Nintendo stopped competing with the hardcore console market with the Wii.

All thing kept the same, the Wii U might have sold a million more without the tablet luckily. But it would still be utterly destroyed by the XB1 and PS4.

Converesly, X1 doesn't have this problem.

The Wii U was already the cheapest and practically every wii u game utilizes the tablet, while the X1 was the most expensive and only 2 games uses Kinect.

Lastly, MS invested in the Kinect 2.0, but did not invest the same amount of effort into its utilizations or even its language translations which weren't ready by launch.

Worst of all, the Kinect 2.0's localization issues slowed its release considerably.



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fedfed on 20 May 2014

kinect the whole idea



Switch!!!