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I understand that money is ultimately the answer to my question... however... Why haven't Microsoft or Sony, or better yet some video game maker we've never he

by RBr 16y ago

I understand that money is ultimately the answer to my question... however... Why haven't Microsoft or Sony, or better yet some video game maker we've never heard of, realized that building a platform to encourage "hacking" would make a lot of money. If Apple's App store has thought us anything it's that people want to be engaged on a deep level with devices such as video game consoles. I must be missing something.

olalonde 16y ago
Perhaps they feel it's going to open up competition to their console offering. If people start building cool PC games with the Kinect sensor, it might hurt Xbox sales. Just a theory.
dotBen 16y ago
Why haven't Microsoft ... realized that building a platform to encourage "hacking" would make a lot of money. Because while it would make some money (perhaps 'a lot'), forcing people to buy their locked-in $60 games (and often more like $80 in UK and Europe) will make them even more. I'm a total open-advocate so the above saddens me but that's why consoles are locked to license holders who buy access to build games for them. Keep in mind that even at $150, the Kinnect is probably being sold at cost/loss at the moment so essentially they are subserdising the hardware to make money on the software. My guess is that if "Open Kinnect" becomes a trend with a lot of applications, you can be sure someone like Logitech/etc will bring out an 'open' bundle of the same technology stack that can utilize the foundation of apps. But it will probably cost more as it won't be subsidized like MS are with Kinnect.