Sam’s White Whale
Now that Kinect is among us reviews have been oddly positive. The consensus: People see potential.
My stance has always been “I am waiting to see Michael Jackson: The Experience.” Until I see something that can teach me to moonwalk, I’m not interested.
But that’s how systems work. If I want to play Final Fantasy VII then I have to buy a Playstation. If I want to challenge the world at Smash Bros. Brawl I have to buy a Wii.
Few are super excited about Kinect launch titles. One reviewer thought a Kinect game was so bad he only played it for half an hour and didn’t give it a score.
Chris Grant from Joystiq said is if Microsoft sells the 5 million units they are expecting while attached to a system that is already in 44.4 million homes Kinect might entice developers. Ubisoft is already doing three launch titles for Kinect (which is less than the seven they did for Wii) but they’re pioneers. They are also making my Michael Jackson experience.
So we wait.
In the meantime, let Jean Luc demonstrate the rage that is in hardcore gamer hearts.
YESSSS!!! I love it! Thank you for a great comic this week!
well we did make it just for you
there really aren’t enough comments on this comic. this comic, which i love. so much.
This is genius.
ugh.. these always turn out far too long.
Even if I try to factor out my bias I think people are making far too much of Kinect. It’s the craziest thing. The gaming community refuses to look at the 3DS because there aren’t any games. No one will consider the “potential”. On the other hand (in spite of the fact that aside from 1 or 2 games there’s nothing worth playing) everyone is high on Kinect’s potential. It’s like noone remembers that the Wii had “potential” too.
Is everyone high on Kinect? I saw a tweet the other day where an video game store manager was asked, “So when are the good games coming out for Kinect.” He had no retort.