Kinect on Xbox 360

Started by Jolene August 18th, 2010 11:24 AM
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Jolene

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Seen September 25th, 2012
Posted September 25th, 2012
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What do you all think of the Kinnect on the Xbox 360? I think it looks like a lot of fun.

I am glad that game companies are now putting more effort into family entertainment games and I hope that we will see more and more game companies shift from making mainly "hardcore" games to making family and childrens games.

I think that the Kinnect will be one of the biggest-selling things this Christmas because the idea of being able to control games with your body is a really fun and unique selling point. The Playstation Move on the other hand will not be popular at all. People will just look at it and say "Well that is just a silly-looking rip-off of the Wii remote" and they will ignore it.

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yaminokaitou

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Posted December 30th, 2010
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Not interested at all. Heck, I have a Wii and I don't even buy the movement games for it, so why would I support MS's, a company I don't even like?

Not to mention, the price is a little high, it's not included with the system, and MS doesn't have domination in the casual gamers' world. It's going to be a hard sell for people.

Cherrim

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I had a chance to try it out last weekend and it confirmed my suspicions that I really, really don't like it. :( Maybe it was just the generic game I tried out (it was the racing one) but the controls were clunky, it was really awkward, and I felt silly doing it. Mind you, I was playing in front of a crowd of people since this was at a convention but still. I'm sure I'd feel just as silly in front of more friends or family. Not to mention it was just awkward rather than fun.

It's a novelty gimmick. I see people buying it and using it maybe once or twice, kind of like how the Wii is for a lot of non-gamers. They pull it out to impress visitors, it gives everyone a laugh, and then they put it away again. I don't see it having any lasting power because it's just weird. You need to be holding something to play games because when you have no tactile response right in your hands, your movements easily get too exaggerated and I can't imagine the thing is so equipped for that. :S

But yeah, playing it wasn't very fun. u_u I'm definitely not picking it up, especially at the $150 price point.


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