[quote name='Doomstink']I would be wary of buying this at $150. I feel like it won't sell very well at that price and without size-able sales developers will have no reason to support the device. Without support it will die a pretty quick death unless the price gets cut.
The thing is, Kinect is being tailored to the Wii crowd who - get this - already own a Wii. With Kinect being $150 (with no games) vs. the Wii's $200 price tag (with two games), the people who don't own a Wii will undoubtedly pick a Wii. $150 is way too much to ask for an accessory. I'll sit back and wait for this to drop in price.[/QUOTE]
This. I couldn't agree more. This is bound for the bargain bin in two years time. The games are going to mostly be party and casual games. People already own Wii's and to compete with the Wii in the area it excels at is pure lunacy.
[quote name='therealdeal19']If it sells out, then it's just a testament to that fact that people do not think before making a purchase.
Seriously, I cannot see the "Kinect" connecting with consumers. This just screams big flop to me but of course nothing surprises me anymore, lol.
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I believe this and the Sony Move will fail.
[quote name='MastrMeatWad']what a bunch of complainers! sheesh. look, it isn't for everyone, but for those that want it, cool. Also, not a deal thread but my two cents are-
someone mentioned would only pay 150 for all the 16 games shown at E3 and the kinect, wow. really! that is like over 800 dollars of items, your crazy dude.
Also look at it this way too, to buy an extra wii controller, the extra wii nunchuck, the extra wii plus is almost 100 dollars there, the move extra controller and nunchuck type add on is 80+, so 150 is not that bad comparing it. Because when i buy the move i will have to pay 180-200 dollars, because why would i want to play it alone![/QUOTE]
First off, of course people don't want to pay full price. A lot of us prefer to buy our games for $5 or less. I'm cheap, that's why I like this forum, many other people agree with me and my cheapness. To complain about others complaining is odd to me since this isn't the fanboy forum. It's the cheapass forum.
Now that that's out of the way:
Wii: $200 (comes with a controller, a nunchuck, a motion plus, and 2 games)
3 more Wii Controllers = $120
3 more motion pluses = $60
3 more nunchucks = $60
Total price: $440
PS3: $300
4 Move Wands = $200
4 navigators = $120
1 eye toy = $40
Total price: $660
This assumes no pack in's since the Wii has a some games that have motion plus packed in. So far there's been no word of pack in's with games on Sony. There is ZERO chance that anyone who already owns a Wii but does not own an Xbox or PS3 will buy a new console + motion controls. This means that the only people buying these motion controls will be folks that already own the consoles. Of those people, a lot of people (not just those in this forum) think it's too expensive. You should also take into consideration that most add-ons like this fail.
Consider that these are just controllers and nothing more. These consoles already have controllers. If you're a game developer, what controller are you making the game for, the one that everyone has a controller for or the one that 12,000 people have a controller for?
If you buy either of these at launch instead of waiting to make sure they are successes, there's a good chance you're throwing your money away. There's also a good chance that Kinetic will lower in price over time (i'm not sure about Move). One last thing to consider: the next gen consoles will likely be released in 2012 or so. That would mean these have 1-2 years of development. Why would you drop this kind of money so easily when there's so few time for people to make games for them?
would want to stand up the whole time?
