Kinect thread(Avatar Kinect out now)

[maxy]

It seems appropriate for me to make this topic.

Microsoft is gearing up for a massive marketing push to launch Kinect -- a controller-free Wii-killer for the Xbox -- and blow away the competition come Christmas.Backed by a half-billion-dollar budget, the tech giant is rolling out a major movie-style marketing blitz aimed at driving its motion-sensing device to the top of holiday wish lists.
Like a much anticipated summer blockbuster, Kinect will appear on everything from soda cans to cereal boxes and will span television, magazines and the Internet.The company began planning the launch 18 months ago with the help of Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg.


Microsoft, which has fallen behind competitors in areas such as smartphones and tablet computers, wants to ensure Xbox remains a major player in the video game business."Kinect is the largest, most integrated marketing initiative in Xbox history, bigger than its launch," said Robert Matthews, general manager of global marketing communications for Xbox. "We are going to be spending millions to launch this globally."Microsoft launched Xbox in July 2000 with a $500 million marketing campaign, but part of that went to subsidies to make the hardware more affordable.

This time around Microsoft has struck a promotional partnership with Burger King. Four million cans of Pepsi and Diet Pepsi will plug Kinect, along with 60 million cereal and snack boxes from Kellogg's.Meanwhile, some 7,000 retailers will stay open past midnight on Nov. 4 -- the day Kinect goes on sale -- to stimulate demand.

Kinect uses a sensor, camera and microphone to detect players' movements and translate them into on-screen actions, such as kicking a ball, dancing and driving a race car. The device will also respond to voice commands, such as "play a movie."

Unlike with other consoles, including the Nintendo Wii, on which Kinect is modeled, there is no handset. As an Xbox attachment, Kinect costs $149 for just the sensor and $299 for the console and sensor bundle.

Kinect will take over YouTube's home page and have a big presence on Nickelodeon and Disney digital properties. Microsoft, with the help of its ad agency, McCann Erickson, is spending ad dollars in places it doesn't normally to target moms as well as kids.TV spots, created by AgencyTwoFifteen, will pop up on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" next Monday and on Fox's "Glee."The print ad buy includes titles such as "People" and "InStyle," among others. Microsoft's Xbox team is also organizing a major outdoor event in Times Square, where many of the huge billboards will show Kinect ads.
The new device will face off against many other rivals, including the just launched Sony PlayStation Move bundle and perennial favorite Nintendo Wii.

The launch should help goose an industrywide slowdown in both video game hardware and software.

According to the latest NPD Group data, videogame hardware sales across the industry were down 19 percent in September compared to the same month a year ago.
So far this year, hardware sales are down 13 percent, to $3 billion, while video game software is off 8 percent to $4.93 billion.
It seems appropriate for me to make this topic.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/microsoft_move_3gVmAyryJuD6px1dV7LeDP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=

Tune in to see Kinect for Xbox 360 featured on "The Oprah Show" on Tuesday, Oct. 19 as part of "Susan Boyle, Jackie Evancho: What Happened to the Next Big Thing?" Check local listings for air times. Even Ellen is in on the fun when Kinect makes a special appearance on the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" later this month.

Full PR
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/countdown-to-kinect-17-controller-free-games-launch-in-november-105169579.html

Kinect




move wii




Btw,Fallout:New Vegas is incredibly addicting,150+ hours minimal
 

[Sho Nuff]

Awaiting the glorious train wreck.

[demi]

$500 mil huh. That could fund like. A lot of games. Ones that ARENT on Kinect

[Great Rumbler]

They could make GT5 seven or eight times over.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Microsoft's solution to everything- "Throw obscene amounts of money at it"

[Stoney Mason]

$500 mil huh. That could fund like. A lot of games. Ones that ARENT on Kinect

Or fund a couple of internal dev studios which MS desperately needs.

That being said while I have zero interest in Kinect I bet its going to sell more than 300k in its opening month...

[Robo]

Half a billion dollars!

[maxy]

Awaiting the glorious train wreck.

Don't be so sure .
Casuals really like this shit,never underestimate them.Parents will buy all kinds of shit just to keep their 5-year olds busy(happy) not to mention tons of Wii owning parents that have nervous breakdowns when their 4-year olds play something in front of their new plasmas.

Btw,sitting issue is "resolved"

In July Microsoft insisted that Kinect could recognise players who were sitting down, despite a recent developer comment to the contrary.

This evening Eurogamer can reveal how Microsoft has made this possible.

The console manufacturer updated the software used by developers to make sense of the information gathered by the Kinect sensor so that the base node was switched from the bottom of the spine to the back of the neck, according to a developer with more experience working with the technology than most.

[Beezy]

Oprah? Kinect officially has no chance of bombing.

$500 mil huh. That could fund like. A lot of games. Ones that ARENT on Kinect

Like Lost Odyssey 2 :'(

[Purple Filth]

If this somehow bombs then my god.


but with 500 million there is no way it should

[demi]

lol. MS dumped Mistwalker to the curb the minute it had the choice

"JRPGs? The fuck were we thinking"

[Third]

I hope a lot of people will buy the product during the first month.  All the negative word to mouth will kill this after two months.

[Diunx]

Half a billion dollars? they could have turned an entire third world country into a Zune factory with that money.

[iconoclast]

I'd if this thing was a nuclear bomb. I hope it is tbh. Even if it means the cancellation of Steel Battalion-lite and Not Panzer Dragoon.

[Phoenix Dark]

Anything that makes the Wii irrelevant is fine with me.

Kinect

[Stoney Mason]

I'll be honest. At this point I hope its a hit just to hear the wailing of the hardcore.

Much like I found the success of the Wii funny for the same reasons even though I myself also didn't like the Wii as a console. It's always fun to see people wail though...

None of these systems in their current form, Move, Kinnect, or Wii offer me anything.

[Raban]

Hopefully we won't be riding this wave until the end of the gen.

[Third]

Well, I don't think MS is investing so much money for nothing. X360 + Kinect is the new Xbox. Just like how Gamecube + motion controls is the Wii.
Expect the new Xbox Kinect to last for a few more years. And MS is stubborn. Even when it fails, they'll try hard to keep it around. Look at the original Xbox.

[Raban]

That fucking sucks

I was just talking to a friend about how I want this gen to go on for at least three more years, but with Move and Kinect we're practically done with that now.

[Stoney Mason]

That fucking sucks

I was just talking to a friend about how I want this gen to go on for at least three more years, but with Move and Kinect we're practically done with that now.

You will receive plenty of hardcore games for your 360 or PS3 in the next few years. There is hardly anything to worry about on that front. Now the Wii is a different story. But the HD market of consoles is fine. In fact all they really know how to make is hardcore games. They don't even understand how to really make mass appeal Kinnect or Move games. And so most of them won't. Or at least the devs you care about probably won't.

[Third]

Fable III is the last X360 exclusive I'm interested in anyway. Xbox Kinect doesn't mean a thing to me. All franchises turning into Kinect games doesn't sound very appealing. Not spporting that.
I hope Halo 4 is a Kinect exclusive game though. Would love to see the reactions.

[maxy]

New Xbox will have Kinect 2.0 "inside",dual analog as well...have fun beta testers

I was just talking to a friend about how I want this gen to go on for at least three more years, but with Move and Kinect we're practically done with that now.

If Kinect sells,software particularly,you will see a lots of hardcore games that have optional Kinect support.
I'm 100% sure that next GTA,Elder Scrolls 5 will be released this gen,hardcore is not leaving.

[Raban]

I hope you're right.

That fucking sucks

I was just talking to a friend about how I want this gen to go on for at least three more years, but with Move and Kinect we're practically done with that now.

You will receive plenty of hardcore games for your 360 or PS3 in the next few years. There is hardly anything to worry about on that front. Now the Wii is a different story. But the HD market of consoles is fine. In fact all they really know how to make is hardcore games. They don't even understand how to really make mass appeal Kinnect or Move games. And so most of them won't. Or at least the devs you care about probably won't.

Honestly I only own a Wii for Xenoblade and DQ10. My JRPG fix is being starved horribly this gen.

[Brehvolution]

Plus it proves it works with black people.

[Bildi]

Is Oprah currently in a fitness phase or a "I'm happy being fat" phase?  This could be make or break.

[Stoney Mason]

Is Oprah currently in a fitness phase or a "I'm happy being fat" phase?  This could be make or break.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Is Oprah currently in a fitness phase or a "I'm happy being fat" phase?  This could be make or break.

She's in a 'I'm a whale but you wouldn't no that from looking at the cover of my magazine' phase.

[Raban]

Is Oprah currently in a fitness phase or a "I'm happy being fat" phase?  This could be make or break.

She's in a 'I'm a whale but you wouldn't no that from looking at the cover of my magazine' phase.

50/50 odds.

[pilonv1]

Is Oprah currently in a fitness phase or a "I'm happy being fat" phase?  This could be make or break.

There was a clip on The Soup a few weeks ago where she said "pie" about 100 times in one episode.

Also we'll have new gif opportunities from this

[tiesto]

Well, I don't think MS is investing so much money for nothing. X360 + Kinect is the new Xbox. Just like how Gamecube + motion controls is the Wii.
Expect the new Xbox Kinect to last for a few more years. And MS is stubborn. Even when it fails, they'll try hard to keep it around. Look at the original Xbox.

Really? I thought MS dropped Xbox like a hot potato the second 360 came on...? Ironically enough, just as Xbox 1 was picking up steam (Halo 2, Fable, etc.)

[Beezy]

Well, I don't think MS is investing so much money for nothing. X360 + Kinect is the new Xbox. Just like how Gamecube + motion controls is the Wii.
Expect the new Xbox Kinect to last for a few more years. And MS is stubborn. Even when it fails, they'll try hard to keep it around. Look at the original Xbox.

Really? I thought MS dropped Xbox like a hot potato the second 360 came on...? Ironically enough, just as Xbox 1 was picking up steam (Halo 2, Fable, etc.)

Yeah, Sony fans made that point too many times earlier this gen. I dunno what Third is talking about.

[Raban]

And that is why I'm worried about the future of this gen. Well, I've amassed a mighty backlog, I guess the Kinect will give me time to finish it by effectively murdering my Xbox.

[naff]

Anything that makes the Wii irrelevant is fine with me.

Kinect

You don't own a 360, Wii or PS3, and play Blizzard games almost exclusively. What do you care?

[AdmiralViscen]

Yet they had to gut the sensor and independent processor that could have actually made this interesting.

[DJ_Tet]

Well, I don't think MS is investing so much money for nothing. X360 + Kinect is the new Xbox. Just like how Gamecube + motion controls is the Wii.
Expect the new Xbox Kinect to last for a few more years. And MS is stubborn. Even when it fails, they'll try hard to keep it around. Look at the original Xbox.

Really? I thought MS dropped Xbox like a hot potato the second 360 came on...? Ironically enough, just as Xbox 1 was picking up steam (Halo 2, Fable, etc.)

Yeah, Sony fans made that point too many times earlier this gen. I dunno what Third is talking about.

The only moderately successful console shot and killed quicker than the original XBox is the Dreamcast.  It was pretty jarring and honestly turned me off the 360 for a bit.  When your only console to date was put to death before it's time (and ONLY because a new console came out) it made me hesitant to invest in MS's new console. 

But who ever knows what First/Second/Third is talking about.  You just know it's going to be pro-sony and anti-just about everything else.

[Bildi]

Is Oprah currently in a fitness phase or a "I'm happy being fat" phase?  This could be make or break.

She's in a 'I'm a whale but you wouldn't no that from looking at the cover of my magazine' phase.

I guess that's why they went with Oprah instead of Ellen. 

[ToxicAdam]

There's no way this thing doesn't sell 4 million units by springtime. Xbox fans will buy anything new and shiny.

[Raban]

There's no way this thing doesn't sell 4 million units by springtime. Xbox fans will buy anything new and shiny.

I won't buy this, and when I bought a 360 I purposely went the more expensive route and bought a 4GB just so it WOULDN'T be shiny. DOUBLE DENIED.

[ToxicAdam]

I didn't mean to say all people act one way, I'm just saying that those early-adopters of the 360 (first year / 10 million userbase) are power consumers and will spend money. Then you factor in the chubbies that will talk themselves into this thing being a way to lose weight/exercise and you will have an easy 4 million in sales. After that, it comes down to word of mouth, etc.

[Third]

who is that guy? 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

who is that guy? 

Genghis Cohen

[Purple Filth]

http://gizmodo.com/5668115/oprah-audience-explodes-into-hysterics-over-free-xbox-kinects

Vid shows crowd going wild as per usual with Oprah giveaways 

another version of the vid with some Kinect stupidity at the beginning.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Purple Filth]

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[Phoenix Dark]

Anything that makes the Wii irrelevant is fine with me.

Kinect

You don't own a 360, Wii or PS3, and play Blizzard games almost exclusively. What do you care?

Because I own Microsoft stock. ie I get paid to play games

[naff]

http://gizmodo.com/5668115/oprah-audience-explodes-into-hysterics-over-free-xbox-kinects

Vid shows crowd going wild as per usual with Oprah giveaways 

another version of the vid with some Kinect stupidity at the beginning.

[youtube=560,345][youtube]

That's one of the scariest things I've ever seen

[MCD]

[maxy]

Nice,Xbot empire is expanding

[maxy]

hmmmm
 

[Third]

http://gizmodo.com/5668115/oprah-audience-explodes-into-hysterics-over-free-xbox-kinects

Vid shows crowd going wild as per usual with Oprah giveaways 

another version of the vid with some Kinect stupidity at the beginning.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Looks like a pack of dead bodies compared to the free Wii hysteria.

[Great Rumbler]

http://gizmodo.com/5668115/oprah-audience-explodes-into-hysterics-over-free-xbox-kinects

Vid shows crowd going wild as per usual with Oprah giveaways 

another version of the vid with some Kinect stupidity at the beginning.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Wow, it's not like they all won a free car or something.

[Great Rumbler]

More like:

[maxy]

most of that audience probably has a 360 already.

She should have given them something the don't have,

Like a PS3
 
 

You can never have enough 360's.
 

If she gave them PS3's it would be....Boooooooooooo....Booooooooooo...what is that?...Booooooooooo

[maxy]

I see methodis is posting angrily.

Too bad I can't see what he posted, since I have him on ignore.
 

He said something about sexual orientation.

[maxy]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Yeah...

[Sho Nuff]

[youtube=560,345]wjCjgjk9n0o[/youtube]

[Third]

The 500mln budget is going to reviewers confirmed.

[maxy]

^^
Hate to break your theory but reviews will mean jack shit for Kinect.Giving money to reviewers would be totally pointless.Same happened with Wii and its games,nobody cares.

Anyway new must watch video

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]


Kinecto


move is even not worthy of mentioning and pissing on


Forgot to add

 

Somebody please translate this

[MyNameIsMethodis]

crap, I forgot to add the rest of my post, demi, were you in the beta for this?

[naff]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-28-rares-new-boss-reveals-his-vision-interview

Just pretend for a second that Kinect was not here. I know it's here, it's big, bold, bright, loud and proud, right? But let's assume it wasn't here.

It's like he's talking about an embarrassingly camp cheeseburger friend.

Rare
Kinect 

[demi]

crap, I forgot to add the rest of my post, demi, were you in the beta for this?

No