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Re: Good move, MS.
By:Gravemind
Date: 8/13/13 1:58 am
In Response To: Re: Good move, MS. (serpx)

: It'll be a terrible move if Microsoft makes a Kinect-less option. Then they
: might as well throw away all the money they put into that device away, and
: I think that'd be unfortunate as it does have a lot of potential when it
: comes with every box.

Eh. I'm skeptical that motion controls of any kind will have any sort of practical, utilitarian value that advances gaming forward. I mean, the industry has been trying motion controls at least as far back as the NES era with "innovations" like the Power Glove (it's so bad!) and U-Force. They just now got them to actually be viable in this generation with the Wiimote, PS Move, and Kinect. However, they're still little more than a gimmick, and never really did anything to advance the frontiers of gaming. Even when they're done well, like they were in Super Mario Galaxy, it would have been much better to just have plain old button presses. SMG would have controlled just as well if it had supported the Classic Controller. As for camera-based controls like Kinect, I see even less value for them. What possible mind-blowing, paradigm-shifting, totally indispensable "better-than-a-button-push" new thing could they add to a game like Halo? I imagine a select few developers can come up with something useful, but I'm not expecting anything that will come anywhere close to revolutionizing gaming. We've been waiting 25 years for something really awesome to come from motion controls, yet here we are, still waiting, and I don't think including Kinect with every XBO will encourage devs to eventually unlock its true potential (if it has any) any more than the Wiimote being the Wii's primary controller encouraged devs to do anything truly revolutionary with waggle-based controls. So, forgive me for thinking that the Kinect will still fail to catch on as the "Next Big Thing." Motion controls can never replace traditional gamepads. They're just not cut out for it because they're far too limited. They're at best supplementary, yet still entirely unnecessary outside of more casual party games.

Now second screens are the new thing that I think actually has some sort of practical worth, whether it's for displaying inventory, maps, and the like or allowing asynchronous multiplayer (think New Super Mario Bros. U's co-op or Battlefield 4's Commander Mode). It's not some world-shattering revolution, but it is something with utilitarian value.


Messages In This Thread

xbox 1:acrobatics editionJoshinhuman8/12/13 5:55 pm
     Re: xbox 1:acrobatics editionXenos8/12/13 6:32 pm
           Re: xbox 1:acrobatics editionJoshinhuman8/12/13 6:53 pm
     Good move, MS.Gravemind8/12/13 6:53 pm
           Re: Good move, MS.serpx8/13/13 1:05 am
                 Re: Good move, MS.Gravemind8/13/13 1:58 am
                       Re: Good move, MS.thebruce08/13/13 9:08 am
                             Re: Good move, MS.Quirel8/13/13 10:29 pm
                                   Re: Good move, MS.thebruce08/14/13 9:36 am
                                         Re: Good move, MS.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/14/13 4:32 pm
                                               Re: Good move, MS.thebruce08/14/13 5:23 pm
                                         Re: Good move, MS.Quirel8/14/13 6:18 pm
                       Re: Good move, MS.Xenos8/13/13 12:22 pm
                             Re: Good move, MS.scarab8/13/13 3:21 pm
                       Re: Good move, MS.serpx8/13/13 5:27 pm
                             Re: Good move, MS.serpx8/13/13 5:33 pm
                                   Re: Good move, MS.thebruce08/14/13 9:47 am
                       Re: Good move, MS.Cody Miller8/14/13 11:32 am
                             Are they?ZackDark8/14/13 7:23 pm
                 Remember...RC Master8/13/13 7:39 am
                       Re: Remember...bluerunner8/13/13 11:16 am
                             Re: Remember...MacGyver108/13/13 11:54 am
                                   Re: Remember...CaneCutter8/13/13 6:46 pm

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