Flytrap writes: "Move, Kinect and the Wii Remote have something in common. They're all going to make you look like a first-rate idiot and numptyboy. This has occasioned a bit of a quantum shift in how games are marketed.
Back in the late '90s, it was all about guns, blood and skin. Now, it's more a question of making shoulder-dislocating spasms look like seriously right-on and "happening" activities that you totally wouldn't mind performing in front of people you might want to see again at some point in the rest of your life. Click on for evidence."
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars debuted in 2011, and later updated for modern consoles. However, it's the PlayStation 3 edition that stands out.
Joy Ride Turbo launched 10 years ago today. The first title was Xbox Kinect exclusive, yet this sequel failed to support the device at all.
Cultured Vultures: "Sadly, not all hardware is created equal, and no matter how much developers might try, some gaming hardware just fails to hit the mark. We’ve compiled a list of 10 gaming hardware fails, and boy did some fail hard."
I would label the Power Glove, Kinect, and that Tony Hawk skateboard more as hardware addons hardware failure would be like the Virtual Boy and one day Stadia.
The picture should be the 360 RROD. When I think of gaming hardware failures that's what springs to mind. Kinect and it's bundled price tag definitely hobbled the already underpowered Xbox One though for sure so I would give it a close second place.
Lol I had the Atari Jaguar, surprised its "competition" the 3DO isn't on the list too, both as "popular" as each other.
Stadia is a weird one. It hasn’t sold at all well but in terms of how it works it’s still miles ahead of Xcloud in terms of stability and performance. Xcloud is still a way behind and that needs sorting but it will be in time. Stadia for me is one of those things that will go down as a what could have been moments. With better marketing it could have been a roaring success. I still play it and it remains the best place in my opinion to play CyberPunk 2077. Only platform I have played it on without having any issues at all. The tech is great. The concept is fine. Marketing terrible. Shame really.
The Xbox One was Microsoft’s Nintendo Wii U. Undercooked, undersold and just an unholy mess. The thing is with any of these failures is to learn from them and thankfully both Nintendo and Xbox did just that to the benefit of gamers everywhere.
Kinect makes me look like a right spaz.
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I went to a Microsoft Kinect event a few months back, and the PRs had actually gone and hired professional dancers to demo Dance Central. Who's going to step up on stage and make an arse of himself/herself after you've seen a frickin' bona fide *professional dancer* perform the same number moments before? Silly billies.