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... ... ... ... ... What was that you were saying? | |
Yet another Microsoft fail. I'd insert a "sorry, can't read, too busy watching half-naked asian chicks" comment, but honestly they're not that hot. | |
The more people watching, the more likely something will go wrong. | |
Kinect seems to be shaping up as a massive stupid failure in every way. On the plus side they will proceed to cater massively to the hardcore market to 1. Make some of their massive waste of money back and 2. Make sure as few people as possible jump ship (and some will). Does anyone else think of natal and kinect as different things? One was a great idea and fullof potential, the other was a Wii popularity cash in. | |
Naw. The second Molyneux said something about how cool Natal was, it was destined to fail. | |
I guess all I can say about Natal is............oooooops | |
RanD00M should be arriving in 3...2... Seriously thought this does not add confidence to the concept of purchasing Kinect... for anybody really. | |
I'm strongly reminded of another one of Microsoft's technology fails: | |
I'm sure everyone was watching at the models and not the screen, so it all works out fine for the people that attended the show, I'm sure. | |
Haha perhaps, but I don't blame Moyneux he's never intentionally tried to lie to us, he just loves games and what they do so much. It's heartwarming really, even if it does mean he gets you a first class ticke to overhyped. Overall I think the Kinect is going to crash and burn, I'm just hoping I as a paying xbox live customer don't get fucked the process somehow. | |
Now here is the truth. One major screw up like this tells the consumer 1000 times more truth about the product than any advertisement, because it's an uncensored reveal of how it really works. | |
Wow Its even worse than I thought. | |
Sorry Microsoft but i think you're seriously screwing the pooch on this one. | |
It would be nice if Microsoft pumps out some games for Kinect that are fun and not just fitness exercises. | |
Might have something to do with the camera flashes? Either way...not good for marketing. | |
So Kinect is like vista? Well we always have Xbox's Window 7 moment to look forward to. | |
Wait.. they were doing something other than jogging in place? I.. I didn't notice. Oh there's a screen behind them! And Kinect.. imagine that. | |
...excuse me for 10 minutes... Okay now where were we? Oh yeah. Uh...who cares they're still hot Asian chicks and anything's better with cute asian girls. Um....just hold on for like 5 minutes, thanks.
Did you forget about my raging Asian fetish? | |
I'm pretty sure my avatar can describe the way I felt and now feel about Kinect. (Mind you, it wasn't this specific event, every little bit helps) | |
Are you surprised? Sexy people don't play X-Boxes. | |
I like the amount of camera flashes you can see when they fail. | |
Ok, I must be missing something, even if this worked at all, I fail to see how this would make games more fun. | |
ROFLMAO haha Epic Fail. Same for Kinect, I'm with Yahtzee on the motion control being a gimmick thing. I mean its good for casual fun and in a group everyone gets a good laugh but when it comes to genres of games that weren't designed with it in mind (so most of them) it just doesn't cut it in terms of reliability and control. Grand Admiral | |
Or better yet, how it doesn't work. :P | |
Microsoft screw up the first generation of something? Heaven forbid. | |
Useless money grabbing gimmick is useless. What else is new? | |
The title of this article is misleading. It implies that the models are doing something wrong instead of the tech actually being the cause of the problems. | |
suddenly the rare fansite closure makes all sorts of sense, nah Im kidding, it always made sense, damn that game looks bland and boring, I remember when rare made things that were creative | |
Wow, when I said I wasn't going to buy this, that was also assuming that it works. I think the best indicator is the "Move left" notification, when the girl literally CAN'T move further left. But...I mean, even if it did work, does that track game really look fun? Dance Central certainly has potential I'll admit, but I just don't see any sort of appeal in that track minigame. | |
To be fair the game designers probably designed it for people just a tidgy bit less spastic. | |
Of course it isn't fun. Microsoft just wants people to pay for something they can do for free and better in real life. | |
Kinect... More like, uh, can't next? I don't know, I'm tired. Hell, I don't even need a mocking slogan, this shit just plain sucks. I won't be buying Move or a Wii either, but at least they work. | |
Nothing wrong with the device....they just got the dance moves wrong. Music from Lady Dumdum does not help either. Hmm....hot asain chicks....plus Natal....the possibilities are LIMITLESS!!!!! | |
Hilarious, I feel sorry for all the suckers who plan on buying this piece of crap. | |
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Asian Models Demonstrate Kinect Badly
Hot models demonstrating your new upcoming product is usually a good thing, unless that product is Microsoft's Kinect.
Half-naked Asian models: What can't they make look good? Kinect, apparently. At a Hong Kong animation festival this week, Hong Kong models Jessica.C and Chrissie Chau put on a demo of Microsoft's upcoming motion camera sensor that didn't go so well.
One of the games the pair tried was Rare's Kinect Sports. As they took each other on in a hurdle race, much of their time was spent running in place while nothing happened with their avatars on the festival's giant screen. Eventually they got it and at least one of them finished the race, but it still looked pretty ugly.
They also tried Harmonix's Dance Central. This demo actually went okay, as the models only had to do a few steps back and forth on the screen as they accumulated points. Just when they hit their stride, someone must have hit pause or the game encountered an error, because it abruptly ended. This wasn't the most impressive example of Kinect play either.
When you put hot models up on a stage, people are going to look. If you're Microsoft, you might want to make sure that the product being demonstrated by said models would work properly. The demo might have taken place in conditions where Kinect's camera wasn't able to read the models' movements properly. However, it makes me question exactly how touchy the device will be.
My living room is not quite like a massive convention, but these demos still point out a negative aspect of Kinect as the Wii's controllers and PlayStation's Move work just fine in such conditions. Well, usually they do. At the least, we know if you're an Asian model that lives on a stage inside a crowded convention hall, you probably don't want to buy Kinect.
Via: MSXBOX World via GamesRadar
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