Kinect Vs Move Vs Wii - A Comparison

NowGamer: "Kinect is out this week! The last contender in the great motion control arms race has left the traps, completing the motion triumvirate and kicking off what will be a very interesting few years ahead. Kinect, Wii and Move aren't just new ways to control games, they are now changing the gaming demographic, altering the way studios perceive development and perhaps most important of all, enhancing our immersion."

[mushroomwig]

Is anyone else sick of these comparisons?

[MisterAV]

me too

[Anon1974]

I kinda agree. How many times to we have to hear that Move comes out on top? We get it, but consumers aren't historically the most savvy shoppers. I mean, look at the Wii. Considering you can get a Wii for roughly the same price as a 360 arcade, the 360 is 10 times the games system the Wii is but can't touch the numbers the Wii does. Sales don't equal quality.

[The-Tentacle]

Move certainly has a great track record with actual game and tech sites.

As a gamer Move is the only motion platform that offers HD gaming for the 'core'.

Socom, RE5, Heavy Rain, Killzone 3, LBP... etc.

Before any moron perpetuates the ridiculous mantra that those games have Move controls 'tacked-on', making them somehow irrelevant, just stay in your cave.

Can't wait until we see the potential of all the devices fully realized.

[Moonboots]

Are you saying that if a consumer buys something other than Move they are not savvy shoppers?

I just want to make sure that you are in fact insulting me. I understand you work Sony marketing but I'd really like to know how choosing a fun device like Kinect makes me unsavvy?

In my home, Move isn't being used much any more since we've gotten Kinect. The thing can be the most accurate thing in the world and still be boring. There is just more connection going on with my kids and family with Kinect than Move. To think if I would of listen to some PR hack I would of not had the fun we've had.

You seem to be one of those people who think their tastes and what they think is "quality" applies to everyone.. Silly kid.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

I think the comment steams from last generation, because Sony did exactly what Microsoft is doing with the Eye Toy and wasn't as popular. Now with Microsoft they are coming out with very similar games if not the same and is getting praised. There was even a kinect game for the PlayStation 3 doing the exact same things, lol.

This is all due to Nintendo Wii bringing attention to the cusual audience that Sony couldn't get last generation.

[Masterchef2007]

yeah they are starting to get annoying wait till Microsoft releases official numbers then the real idiotic stuff will start. It will either be 360 people going berserk over the sales of Kinect or Move boys going berserk cause Microsoft sold less than they said they would

[jjmustoe]

it says
Move is clearly the front-runner here, but hey, Kinect has only just come out so we’re in no way writing it off at such an early stage. Move simply has the most precise control method around and the stongest game roster for both the casual and core crowds. This will pan out for Kinect in time however, and Nintendo is doing fine other than it just needs a new console. Let’s just say the next year or two will be very interesting indeed.

[norman29]

another one?

[PhatsoJuggalo806]

I havent tried any of the three and i really dont want to spend my hard earned cash on them im sticking to the old dual shock and xbox remotes!

[blackburn5]

Sick and tired of the what Kinect might be able to do some time later speeches. Move has shown it what it can do with demos and Wii has already proven what it can do. When Kinect does something else besides Wii and Eyetoy clones give me a call okay.Stop talking about what it might do and show us instead.

[Paradise Lost]

Why do idiots insist on approving these types of articles..

[oze]

Just recently joined n4g bt i've been an avid follower of the site. Got a move bundle 2 weeks ago and its great my only gripe is sometimes in the tigerwoods demo my move controller isnt detected at all...dont know if its my lighting cos i calibrated it both in d xmb and ingame.

That said i absolutely luv it. I havent tried kinect and will never buy it cos i only have a PS3 and dont intend buying a 360 or a wii ever but it does seem to be alot of fun though....so kudos to those who bought it and are enjoying it, but to me it looks like it'll go down the road of the wii...that is fun and exciting at d beginning and boring in 2 to 3 yrs because its limitations are on par with the eyetoy.

I had the eyetoy and got bored after a month or so and only got d move because of the controllers which supplement the ps eye. So i feel any motion controller is best for which ever platform u have.

[Masterchef2007]

Just wait about six months to see how the software will evolve. But for now i am more interested in move cause of the integration of it in core games. Killzone 3 has got to be the best example and i am seriously hoping for integration in Infamous 2 as well (though i dont know how it will work with Infamous maybe the devs will come up with something amazing)

[christian hour]

I'm not too pushed on the whole motion control thing. I've always felt it was a tacky thing, ever since my brother brought home a sidewinder controller and said it was going to change the way we play games forever. Meh, I like to relax and press buttons when I play games. But since I won't be playing Kinect... or move, and I've had my go of the wii I was curious to see how they all compare to each other.

That and my sisters buying Kinect today for 360. Now let me talk about my sister for a second, and it might give you core gamers an insight into the people these gadgets are marketed towards... or at least an insight into how ficcle my sister is :P

She's 28 and we bought the wii for her when it came out as it was all she'd talk about. Because the ads were everywhere and well shes a sucker for consumerism. So it got its 2-3 days at christmas and then was never to be touched again. The following year (or perhaps the one after that) she asked for one of us to get her a wii fit for crimbo. Same thign again, 2-3 days of use and then hasnt been touched since. Now I have to admit here in Ireland I've seen maybe 1 ad for move? So I'm not surprised she didnt ask for it. But Kinect has been all over the shop the last few weeks, tv ads, bus stop ads, even ads on the sides of Dublin bus, as well as a shop front rented out for people to go in and try out Kinect. So guess what shes asking one of us to get for her this christmas? "The new wii" as she calls it. She'll obviously be borrowing the 360 to use it but somethign tells me after 2-3 days she'll neveer use it again. Which is good for me, it means I get to use it for its movie playback controls and seriously thats all I'm interested in.

Although after reading this I'm considering picking up Playstation Move for my black beauty... but maybe I'd have an easier time convincing my sister she wants Move as well, I'll just print out loads of ads and hang them around the house :D

But yeah long story short, Motion controlled games aint my thing, but hey to each their own people!

[christian hour]

So I just played a few games with Kinect... I'm actually surprised. My baggy clothes and the 3 feet of room I had didnt cause any problems, even my brother wearing a white tshirt in front of a white wall was grand. I'm confused as to what all the media coverage is talking about, there have been no tracking issues for me just yet. Although I dont see me using it that often, it was a bit of a laugh with the little kids my mam minds, and i didnt have to worry every 5 minutes if they were gonna break the tv with wiimotes :P

heres me looking like an idiot with my brother!

[I_C_PEE]

Comparisons again...YAWN

[xg-ei8ht]

If you’re talking realtime movement capture, Kinect pales in comparison to Move’s pinpoint precision. But then again, that isn’t the point of Kinect.

Ahh, so the point of kinect was to be less accurate, laggy.

Right i get it. It's all sinking in.

Best thing that can happen to kinect is the open source route for PC.