there's always a 'trojan horse' with sony hardware, and they are not shy to take the proprietary approach. take a look at their history! sure, they lost some battles, but they've won quite a few as well.

video tapes -> betamax
cameras -> memory stick
optical discs -> mini discs
digital music -> atrac
ps3 -> blu ray

now, 3d tech -> bravia?

did i say 'exclusive' explicitly? my point was 'trojan horse'.

wrong!

my previous post. Since the move uses the PS Eye to track movement of the wand, my point is still valid.

This post has been edited by thurtin: Aug 18 2010, 07:33 PM

if i may, i think its still early days for tech like kinect. i would like to think of it as a first gen implementation. there is definitely potential. for one, i love the whole 'minority report' style menus when you watch videos. imagine if they could integrate it with proper games!

imagine playing a RTS with just hand gestures. imagine playing a shooter with a controller and you do a punching motion for melee attack or a lobbing motion to throw a grenade. i would so like to play my games in that way. its fun and different.

its very unlikely that i will buy the kinect when it comes out, but i do like to see new and exciting stuff that may change how we play our games.

i agree. honestly, the kinect feels like its targeted at casual gamers. so i think the majority of the kinect games will be of the shovelware variety e.g. fitness, rhythm, animal petting, etc.

the fact states that microsoft has a good slice of the core gaming segment already. most of the big multiplatform titles sell very well on the 360. if i remember correctly, the software attach rate for the 360 the highest, something like 8. So, there is no shortage of gamers buying games on the 360.

it makes sense for microsoft to try to expand their market share via the casual gaming route. in fact, i think its kinda late since the wii and ds has pretty much sewn up the market, but that is beside the point. lol.

the question now is can kinect pull off a 'wii'? i doubt it. i think its playing to the same gallery. the current xbots will probably the ones buying most of it, for their family, kids or girlfriends. lol.

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Added on August 19, 2010, 11:32 ambecause fanbois need PERSPECTIVE! can't be living in a cocoon forever ma.

This post has been edited by thurtin: Aug 19 2010, 11:32 AM

like i said man, the kinect is late to the game. very late. if i'm reading this correctly, microsoft intends to create a second wave of the entire 'casual gaming' trend again like what the wii did. whether this will work really depends on microsoft's marketing, the support by 3rd party titles and pricing. it's still a bit early to tell, but i've read that analysts think the kinect will bring in USD1 billion for microsoft in the first year or something. pretty bold predictions.

the developers or publishers are simple animals. if you can provide a platform that can shift millions of games, they will come. their allegiance lies with who can make them the most money. if the kinect can sell millions of games, there will be developers/publishers banging at the door. period.

lol. i'm definitely more excited about the kinect than the move. the move, in all honesty and without any bias (if this is possible! ) is just uninspired and... boring. i can see the SDF peeps boiling already!

however, i suspect it will still sell a gazillion units because its from sony and its.for.the.ps3. oh well.