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Is it a possibility that Peter Klein is pulling this out of his ass? I've yet to see a Kinect at a house / dorm, but when Furbys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F
by makmanalp 16y ago
Is it a possibility that Peter Klein is pulling this out of his ass? I've yet to see a Kinect at a house / dorm, but when Furbys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby) came out, boy were they everywhere.
- chaosmachine 16y agoFurbies go anywhere. No one's kid is dragging their Kinect around with them.
- ericmsimons 16y agoRight now it seems to be really trendy with teenagers and kids. I'm sure many families have purchased them but I think there are significantly more teen hipsters that have jumped onboard ATM.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoYour theory that millions of teen hipsters are most responsible for the popularity of kinect lacks merit. From what I've seen the kinect is very popular with casual gamers and non-traditional gamers, typically adults.
- ericmsimons 16y agoI don't have a theory. I was simply stating my experiences with Kinect owners; most of them were teen hipsters. I never said that this was the actual statistic (seeing as I don't even have numeric data to back my opinion).
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago>"most of them were teen hipsters" What do you mean by "teen hipsters"?
- ericmsimons 16y agoAges 13-21. "Teen hipsters" was more of a joke than anything, since I'm 19 :P
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoIt was more the hipster bit that I was querying ... the definition (or at least use) appears to have altered a lot in the last couple of years. I think you mean what I'd call a "fashion victim".
- SwellJoe 16y agoI would think it's the same kind of people who bought the Wii. I'm planning to pick up a Kinect, and I also stood in line at 3AM to buy a Wii that first Christmas (the first dedicated video game machine I'd owned since the Atari 2600). But, so far, the games for Kinect look dull. I'm waiting for the equivalent of Resident Evil 4 on the Wii, which is one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've had in ages. Sports and fitness and dance games are fun, and I have bought some of those kinds of games on the Wii, but I don't really feel they justify adding more junk to my house. Hell, if they'd come out with another credible RE title, or some other really high quality shooter, I'd buy it. But, the Wii hardware just isn't up to spec for modern games. So, yeah, I agree with you. I don't think Kinect is hard core gamers, just like hard core gamers didn't necessarily buy Wii.
- cma 16y agoClearly someone is building a quadrocopter army.
- mitko 16y agoactually, people in my lab are recently trying to put a kinect on a quadcopter: they got two kinects just in case :)
- Devilboy 16y agoI love the work coming out of that lab! Everyone on DIYDrones said that the kinect wouldn't work on a small quadrocopter and then BAM only a week later we get a video proving them wrong. Very impressive!
- IznastY 16y agoI have two friends with kinects, and thinking about picking one up myself.
- Encosia 16y agoI've got one - my first console purchase since a Sega Dreamcast in the 90s. I think the more people that experience playing them, the more they're going to sell.