Kinect - Words can not describe the fail

[bl4ckfl4g]

So apparently you have to be standing up for Kinect to work...even when just navigating menus. LOL. Yeah so much easier than just pushing a button.

They have a few months to fix it but wow epic fail.

At least Sony's will be fun for certain games like boom blox.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1099085p1.html

 

[Kromis]

So if they fix it, then it won't be fail?

 

[Dumac]

So if they fix it, then it won't be fail?

Slightly less fail?

 

[Tristicus]

Slightly less fail?

Fail by a lesser margin?

 

[AstroManLuca]

I predict the Kinect will do slightly better than the Sega 32X.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

It looks like the worst peripheral since virtual boy...sitting down or not

 

[Soundmanred]

It looks like the worst peripheral since virtual boy...sitting down or not

What was the Virtual Boy a peripheral to?

I have no interest in Kinect, FWIW.

 

[mchammer187]

It looks like the worst peripheral since virtual boy...sitting down or not

Virtual boy was its own system

 

[AstroManLuca]

Nintendo actually intended for it to be a portable system. Of course the fact that it wasn't very portable was the least of its problems.

I just think MS (and Sony too) are going to have trouble getting anywhere with expensive peripherals released later in their consoles' lives. Back when the rumor was that Kinect would cost under $100, a lot of people seemed somewhat interested if only because of the low price. But you look at what the actual prices will be and I don't think many people will decide it's worth it. They're trying to make money on the devices themselves rather than trying to get them into as many living rooms as possible, and I don't think it'll work. Then again, I don't think selling Kinect for half the price would work either.

 

[BoberFett]

This thing is going to be a flop. I hope it's a massive failure, because clearly this thing was pushed out at the behest of clueless marketing drones and nobody with any sense of what games should be had any input. I predict huge interface problems and that it will get confused constantly in real-world living rooms, making it almost unusable for anything other than tech demos.

 

[arod]

http://twitter.com/aarongreenberg

he debunked it here but does not directly say the media stuff will work on the couch.

 

[brainhulk]

Fail by a lesser margin?

diet fail

 

[Kabob]

Wow, so that means that what, 85% of what they showed on their original Natal promo video is wrong, almost everyone in the vid was sitting.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

The Kinect looks about as much fun as playing Wii Sports, which meansit will be entertaining for about 10 minutes, then boring.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Doesn't matter if its fail for this generation, they have to jump into the motion control waters some time.

Better to try and fail now instead of waiting to start with the next generation where a failure there could mean a failed console entirely.

 

[smackababy]

I can't wait until this sells millions of units and all you cry about how console gaming is dying and sound just like the PC gamers.

 

[Phobic9]

Meh. I'm not too thrilled about Kinect or PS Move but it'll be interesting to see which will "suck" less.

 

[ciproxr]

hey man if apple can sell a couple million ipads im sure microsoft will do just fine.

 

[Dumac]

It looks like the worst peripheral since virtual boy...sitting down or not

Virtual Boy was loads better than Kinect will be. 3D tetris and that boxing game rock.

 

[Tsavo]

I predict a surge in acute coronary distress amongst young fat gamers.

 

[sciwizam]

Mortal Kombat + Kinect = ???

 

[Soccerman06]

Mortal Kombat + Kinect = ???

I see a lot of broken screens and random shit around the screen broken. And a lot more nerds fighting and hurting themselves in funny ways.

 

[pontifex]

I predict a surge in acute coronary distress amongst young fat gamers.

wii anyone? it's been out how long now and have we seen this?

 

[Maximilian]

wii anyone? it's been out how long now and have we seen this?

Fat gamers play xbox, dunno if anyone saw that "half ton son" thing on TV, but he had an xbox.

That kid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S30ooGg65E

 

[Anonemous]

I see a lot of broken screens and random shit around the screen broken. And a lot more nerds fighting and hurting themselves in funny ways.

I see alot of viral youtube videos being uploaded in the near future.