With much fanfare, anticipation, and even trepidation from some, Microsoft's motion gaming peripheral Kinect has journeyed from a mysterious project named 'Natal' and onto store shelves as one of the most sought after electronic devices this holiday season.
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
This review has more weight to it in my books, just because of the fact that it is not a gaming site.
... If I had to write my review for Kinect, this would be it.
Especially the bit about hardcore games like Gears and Halo with a standard controller and some Kinect input aswell.
Im really looking forward to next years games and what Microsoft might show at next years E3.
I know alot of people have been critising Kinect, but I think there could be some really unique games to come.
As suggested in the review, the next Harry Potter game will have special games and co-op scenarios for Kinect owners besides the story mode that all versions consist of. I think that's fantastic.
Wow, for a second there, I thought it was the Classic Game Room HD we were talking about. Glad it turns out it's not the guy from CGRHD, cause I wouldn't have watched his video reviews on youtube anymore, and it would've been a pity, cause they're fun.