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Yes but the early backlash and signaling from Microsoft probably scared off a lot of developers. A lot of mistakes were made. The costs were also a big factor.
by thevagrant 7y ago
Yes but the early backlash and signaling from Microsoft probably scared off a lot of developers. A lot of mistakes were made. The costs were also a big factor. Perhaps the flaws with the tech were insurmountable.
I can't help but believe with the same opportunity, using a different approach to market and promote the technology, it would have become a stable accessory with a very big customerbase.
I've had many discussions with parents who are absolutely OK with their kids playing games 'controllerless' but against the idea of their young kids using gaming consoles (couch zombie with controller/other input device). Kinect has physical movement and allows for young children to have fun before they can develop any competent skill or understanding using a controller - this disrupts a common bias parents have against their young kids playing a videogame. Missed opportunity.
- dageshi 7y agoThose consoles already existed, the Wii and Wii U, Nintendo moved away from the whole idea. It's a good idea in theory but it didn't catch on and realistically kids just aren't a big enough market to concentrate on in the context of gaming, the average gamer is in their 30's and has a ton of disposable income, those are who the console manufacturers are targetting. If you do want a console for kids, well the Switch exists...
- brownbat 7y agoNintendo integrated some ideas from the Wii into the Switch though, and the whole console market expects to constantly move on to new platforms and new generations of technology. So while individual consoles can be market successes or failures in their day, the ideas introduced by various consoles are much harder to score.
- Singletoned 7y agoDidn't catch on? The Wii was Nintendo's best selling console ever (apart from the original Gameboy), and outsold the PS3 from the same generation (and ever Xbox ever). It's quite likely that the Wii is the reason why PS3 was Sony's lowest selling console.
- dageshi 7y agoYeah it didn't catch on. The Wii U bombed, Kinect on xbox bombed and the actual number of games that took advantage of the features in either was pretty low compared to the total games released in those generations. Wii/kinect is a gimmick that a finite number of good games could take advantage of and once they'd been released there wasn't really anywhere else to go.
- Kaiyou 7y agoYes, didn't catch on. Wii had terrible attachment rates, meaning people bought a Wii and Wii Sports or something and then nothing else.
- vl 7y agoExcept they didn’t. JoyCons are detachable from Switch and can be used for gestures. Nintendo recently released Ring Fit Adventure - adventure game that incorporates fitness.