Where has Kinect gone ?

[claud3]

I thought kinect would be the talk of the x-box section of the psu and yet only a few threads here and there.

You got bored already with it. lol

[Lethal_NFS]

What games are there to talk about?

[Cuguy]

Wow... you are really tongue in cheek baiting aren't you?

So far, they haven't dropped any titles really bringing tons of buzz, so not really surprising it is a slow topic.

I could just as easily start the same topic for Move, but what point would that prove?

Anyway, this thread prob won't go anywhere but south, but let's see for fun

[Tyrien]

Wow... you are really tongue in cheek baiting aren't you?

So far, they haven't dropped any titles really bringing tons of buzz, so not really surprising it is a slow topic.

I could just as easily start the same topic for Move, but what point would that prove?

Anyway, this thread prob won't go anywhere but south, but let's see for fun

I really hate to say it, but you brought this up. Part of the reason that threads such as this do go off topic in derailments is because of posts just like this one. It sets a negative tone that each subsequent poster may follow.

[Soldier 95B]

I use my Kinect almost every day. What question did you have?

[Pez_555]

I really hate to say it, but you brought this up. Part of the reason that threads such as this do go off topic in derailments is because of posts just like this one. It sets a negative tone that each subsequent poster may follow.

Kinect is great

[ddPLaNeT]

We can talk about our scores in Kinect Adventure...i'm pretty good at River Rush.

[Kydosan]

I was on mine last night. I use it a lot less than I did in the weeks immediately after launch admittedly, but that's because there are no games with deep online modes yet.

I don't tend to play many single player games for more than a week or two. The Kinect launch titles are the same way.

[Dasimpse]

I'm too busy playing it to talk about it. What threads do you want? lol

[ddPLaNeT]

Kinect is great but i rarely play it alone. When i have friends over, Kinect is the best party peripheral though.

[A7MAD]

Maybe I can shed some light on Kinect?

Kinect is the "fastest selling consumer electronics device in history"

http://www.brashgames.co.uk/2011/01/...ce-in-history/

Rumor: Elusive Kinect update already happened!

http://123kinect.com/kinect-resolution-update/

The whole story about the Kinect update might be finally coming to a conclusion. Remember that we first reported that the Xbox 360 is holding back Kinect because of the usb-connection. Not long after we reported that Microsoft was coming with an update to resolve this limitation and effectively quadruple Kinect’s resolution. And finally we posted a story on how Microsoft was denying this update. Now we have some juicy new rumors on this whole update business.

Xbox Kinect update already happened

According to this source Microsoft Representative Chris Newton said that the Xbox Kinect Update already happened. In fact, it happened before Christmas! Apperently the update was a ‘silent update’ and thus happened automatically without the user knowing about it.

The article says the update has indeed quadrupled the resolution of Kinect by adding a dynamic resolution feature (one camera will lower its resolution while another camera will gain a higher resolution). In this way the peak resolution has increased to 640×480. This allows the much needed hand and wrist gesture detection and will allow for an awesome Kinect Star Wars game!

We have yet to see confirmation of this development but will report on it as soon as we know more. Stay tuned!

Second wave of Kinect games due in April

http://www.winrumors.com/second-wave...-due-in-april/

Microsoft is preparing a second wave of Kinect games in April according to recent rumors.

Technology blogger Robert Scoble kick started rumors on Twitter this week by suggesting that the software giant is preparing a second wave of “mind blowing” games:



Scoble is a former Microsoft employee who left the company in 2006 to pursue a full-time blogging career. Scoble still has close ties to Microsoft and has previously hinted at several product launches ahead of their official release. Microsoft currently has four Kinect titles that its game studios division publishes. The software giant has previously confirmed it’s working on four new Kinect titles for release in 2011: Codename D, Forza Motorsport 4, Haunt and Project Draco.

Microsoft revealed at CES earlier this month that the company has sold over 8 million Kinect sensors in just 60 days on the market. Microsoft’s Kinect sensor has been a phenomenal success story for the company. The console accessory sold out across a number of retailers during the recent festive season and Microsoft smashed its own estimates of 5 million units in 2010 by shipping 8 million devices.

According to recent reports, Microsoft may have sacrificed its January and February stocks to satisfy Christmas shoppers. The software giant has warned of further Kinect shortages in the coming weeks.

WinRumors revealed earlier this week that Microsoft officials are currently readying an official SDK and Kinect drivers for Windows. Microsoft is set to unveil driver support and an SDK in the coming months and will allow third-party developers to create titles that utilize the Kinect sensor when plugged into a PC.

I was one of few here who believed Kinect would not tank out of the production line & I have no reason to believe MS will not continue to create solid and enjoyable experiences with the device.

That said however, the 'mind blowing' remains to be seen.

EA prototyping Fight Night Kinect

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-night-kinect

EA Sports is investigating how a Kinect-enabled Fight Night game would work best for fans of the boxing game series – and has even conducted prototyping.

Fight Night Champion, due out next month and previewed this morning by Eurogamer's Will Porter, does not support Sony's Move controller or Microsoft's Kinect add-on.

"It's a little bit too twitch-based, not to mention the fact that standing on your feet for three minutes and throwing punches is something that, believe it or not, might be beyond the fitness level of most gamers!" gameplay producer Brian Hayes told Eurogamer in August last year– before both Move and Kinect launched.

Now, just weeks before the release of Fight Night Champion, producer Mike Mahar has told Eurogamer EA Sports is figuring out how to make a Kinect boxing game as we speak.

"It's an interesting proposition," he said. "Undeniably at some point we're going to want to integrate motion controls into our game somehow, whether that's in a mini-game or a separate game I don't know.

"Right now the best simulation experience we can give users is through a conventional controller. I also think that most of our users don't want to, and can't, punch for 10 rounds! I just don't think people are capable of it! If you're going to make a full fighting game it might be a different experience than a Fight Night or an MMA..."

Kinect, which enables Xbox 360 owners to control games with their bodies, is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device of all time.

While its launch line-up of games focused on mainstream gamers, Microsoft has promised to release games aimed squarely at the core gamer this year and beyond.

For Mahar, Kinect integration for Fight Night means more than mini-games - indeed it would probably lead to a separate release.

"It's definitely something we're looking at," he added. "We've done some pretty cool prototyping. It could perhaps be a mini-game embedded in. Then again with how precise and how robust the movement and motion controls are now, I think we'd be doing them a disservice if we simply said that our version of a motion control game is a mini-game within Fight Night.

"I think we'd best serve the community, if we're going to do anything ever, with a totally different game. That's the speculation on my part."

I'd buy it if it worked well, fitness could only get better right?

EDIT: So here's what we got:

Kinect is kicking *** in sales, over the ipod/ipad/iphone/icannottakeitanymore and all other consumer electronic devices.

Kinect games on the way.

3rd party devs such as EA working on expanding their franchises to incorporate Kinect use, dedicated they are EA is prototyping games (or at least FN).

MS will reveal more throughout the year.

[claud3]

So i got you all talking about it then

[A7MAD]

I find it's doing all the talking for itself.

[cpitt]

Pretty cool that its the fastest selling electronic,

-removed the trolling - CUGUY

[A7MAD]

Pretty cool that its the fastest selling electronic, wake me up when its a viable way to play the genres i love to play. Because in its current state its a gotta be a hit with the nursing home community.

Wake me up when what you say matters to the people gaming with it.

[Kydosan]

So i got you all talking about it then

Do Move next!

[claud3]

lol, funny dude. But honesty it seems that we have lost the ability to get excited about this. Even thought good games have not been released for it yet

[A7MAD]

lol, funny dude. But honesty it seems that we have lost the ability to get excited about this. Even thought good games have not been released for it yet

Give it more than 4 months to gain a firm stance.

The games will come if you want a core experience.

Do Move next!

Everything he said applies to Move more so than Kinect at the moment.

[Soldier 95B]

Pretty cool that its the fastest selling electronic, wake me up when its a viable way to play the genres i love to play. Because in its current state its a gotta be a hit with the nursing home community.

I enjoy my Kinect, so I am glad I am awake.

[Pez_555]

lol, funny dude. But honesty it seems that we have lost the ability to get excited about this. Even thought good games have not been released for it yet

the sales speak for themselves.

[Yungstar 2006]

lol, funny dude. But honesty it seems that we have lost the ability to get excited about this. Even thought good games have not been released for it yet

dont know about anyone else, but the games i have for Kinect a very good.

[claud3]

Sales are one thing. Its the excitement that people have when getting the system, makes it what it is a unique experience to one and all to explore

[A7MAD]

Sales are one thing. Its the excitement that people have when getting the system, makes it what it is a unique experience to one and all to explore

It's not for everyone, I guess you gave it a shot, it wasn't for you, but not everyone had the same impressions you had, that's the way of the world.

[claud3]

well very much so

[A7MAD]

So what are you rocking at the moment man, you purchased a new console yet, I remember you sold your 360 a while back because of all the games and money you were spending...

You jumped back in or gone for the heavy array of exclusives already announced for the PS3?

Edit: More core titles on the way with Kinect enabled?
http://www.psu.com/forums/threads/26...nect-treatment