Core Audience Will Love Kinect, Predicts Microsoft Exec
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I'd wager Mr Lewis is probably one of those people who sat around scratching their head unable to figure out why in the hell the EyeToy failed. That said, you keep on towing that company line Chris. Maybe someone will believe you if you keep repeating it over and over.
Holy god does that look horrible.s69-5 said:
I don't want to sit here and say that the Kinect looks completely stupid. A plastic box you stick on the wall or in front of the television doesn't really seem stupid, but imagining yourself flailing around like a monkey on fire doesn't really look smart. For all their posturing and proclamations, M$ doesn't seem to be putting a lot behind this product for the release, with only a handful of games for a while. That doesn't really inspire confidence in me that they want to really get this thing to sell, although from a business standpoint, I can understand them not wanting to put a lot of money behind something they aren't sure is going to last. Apparently though they feel that they can sell enough of them to make their money back to continue on with this.
If they (or Sony) can take this motion-control craze and have it appeal to a more adult audience (by which I mean content of a serious and violent nature, not sex you perverts) instead of some cutesy little cartoon graphics of an panda fishing, then I think the appeal with speak for itself. Bringing the technology to the "hardcore" gamers by bringing in some games like GTA, COD, or Street Fighter might encourage more core gamers to back this device.
It will probably take them two or three years to drop the price, unless they get into a price war with Sony once the Move hits the shelves and consumers get confused about which one to spend money on.
If they (or Sony) can take this motion-control craze and have it appeal to a more adult audience (by which I mean content of a serious and violent nature, not sex you perverts) instead of some cutesy little cartoon graphics of an panda fishing, then I think the appeal with speak for itself. Bringing the technology to the "hardcore" gamers by bringing in some games like GTA, COD, or Street Fighter might encourage more core gamers to back this device.
It will probably take them two or three years to drop the price, unless they get into a price war with Sony once the Move hits the shelves and consumers get confused about which one to spend money on.
These things wouldn't be developed if they didn't sell well. The Wii is proof that people like motion controls, seeing as it's apparently outsold both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 since release. The people yelling that motion controls are a fad are the outspoken minority, the vast majority of people do want these but don't proclaim it to the world. And the proof for that is in the sales figures of things like the Wii, as previously mentioned.
I'm personally one of the hardcore gamers who is looking forward to Natal (okay, fine 'Kinect'...). The only problem I have with it is the high price, which thankfully now I've managed to get a part-time job won't be as big a problem for me as it was before. Though I'll still wait for a price drop before getting it, either way. But whether the vocal minority like it or not, motion controls are coming, and they're here to stay. Didn't people have the same sort of reaction to things like digital distribution and the like, before they became popular, after all?
I'm personally one of the hardcore gamers who is looking forward to Natal (okay, fine 'Kinect'...). The only problem I have with it is the high price, which thankfully now I've managed to get a part-time job won't be as big a problem for me as it was before. Though I'll still wait for a price drop before getting it, either way. But whether the vocal minority like it or not, motion controls are coming, and they're here to stay. Didn't people have the same sort of reaction to things like digital distribution and the like, before they became popular, after all?
Wow Microsoft, you must be having your spindoctors work overtime to come up with this briliant little speech.
I still have no love for the thing, and I can't imagine it'll go over well with the core audience until some actual goddam games are made for the thing!
That's my main issue with it. Every bit of software for the kinect has been crappy shovelware that even Nintendo wouldn't touch. (OK, that might be a bit too much)
I like the potential, the kinect has. But until it has more appealing titles for it, I just can't see the price justification.
Maybe those second wave titles will be better, though you'd think they'd show some of those too. Instead we have air driving and petting an extremely disturbing looking orange thing... But I digress.
At least the star wars thing looks kind of cool, don't know of it'll be any good.
That's my main issue with it. Every bit of software for the kinect has been crappy shovelware that even Nintendo wouldn't touch. (OK, that might be a bit too much)
I like the potential, the kinect has. But until it has more appealing titles for it, I just can't see the price justification.
Maybe those second wave titles will be better, though you'd think they'd show some of those too. Instead we have air driving and petting an extremely disturbing looking orange thing... But I digress.
At least the star wars thing looks kind of cool, don't know of it'll be any good.
What do you guys expect more creative marketing that analyses the customer base more realistically what?
Money stifles creativity. Kinect, good idea stupid implementation poor marketing, slightly rushed.
Move, safe bet, quicker to make and implement even less creative than Kinect.
I atleast respect Microsoft for pushing the boat a little.
The article is the opinion of a MS exec not a press statement or anything dont take it so seriously. I'm sure next year when Kinect is trying to recover from a shaky launch, and has had a team of devs poking it to see what it does, that it will get bought by a few core gamers.
People act like it should be easy with all that money to make something awesome in a short amount of time but it's just scale. people are only so smart and creative in a set amount of time.
people cry "OMG $150" like MS can magically make the figure lower and its that high cos they are "all corporationy in their corporation buildings"
If a figure comes out telling me that they overhiking the profit margin then I would be angry. They just took a gamble on making a piece of kit thats expensive but "Next Gen" or whatever they hope that its shiny enough for you to want to buy it. once they can make a new deal with a sweatshop in asia somewhere to make the hardware cheaper it will go down or if the price of the raw materials go down.
Not that I don't think that it's expensive but yeah it's not like they are gunna go
"sorry gamers you were right our super huge corporationyness got the better of us we are gunna make it cheaper"
of course their plan is definately "make a buttload of cash"
Why do you think sony even went with the Move? tech exists, simple and safe, make a wii controller but without the dissapointment! Kinect maybe could of done with more devtime, defo the games could of. I think the launch will ruin it if anything.
Money stifles creativity. Kinect, good idea stupid implementation poor marketing, slightly rushed.
Move, safe bet, quicker to make and implement even less creative than Kinect.
I atleast respect Microsoft for pushing the boat a little.
The article is the opinion of a MS exec not a press statement or anything dont take it so seriously. I'm sure next year when Kinect is trying to recover from a shaky launch, and has had a team of devs poking it to see what it does, that it will get bought by a few core gamers.
People act like it should be easy with all that money to make something awesome in a short amount of time but it's just scale. people are only so smart and creative in a set amount of time.
people cry "OMG $150" like MS can magically make the figure lower and its that high cos they are "all corporationy in their corporation buildings"
If a figure comes out telling me that they overhiking the profit margin then I would be angry. They just took a gamble on making a piece of kit thats expensive but "Next Gen" or whatever they hope that its shiny enough for you to want to buy it. once they can make a new deal with a sweatshop in asia somewhere to make the hardware cheaper it will go down or if the price of the raw materials go down.
Not that I don't think that it's expensive but yeah it's not like they are gunna go
"sorry gamers you were right our super huge corporationyness got the better of us we are gunna make it cheaper"
of course their plan is definately "make a buttload of cash"
Why do you think sony even went with the Move? tech exists, simple and safe, make a wii controller but without the dissapointment! Kinect maybe could of done with more devtime, defo the games could of. I think the launch will ruin it if anything.
Will it have a "Dance with Steve Ballmer" game ?
That would be a real hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc
That would be a real hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc
