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Microsoft says Kinect is for everyone photo

... And yet it appeals to no-one.

Kinect Is For Everyone - Microsoft [Edge]








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NoMore's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:22
NoMore
HaHaHa, I just spat my Pepsi out in laughter as I read this.
Lugtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:22
Lugtor
Damn you and your anti Sony BIAS. Oh wait. Well and it's getting a little old I think. But now that I've done it, I can die in peace.
Kakihara_The_Killer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:22
Kakihara_The_Killer
lol, sick burn
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:23
Xzyliac
Jim, that hurts. You know that's not true. Can you at least throw up a lil' disclaimer that says "*Except Xzyliac"? I'm fine with being the only one.
rogXue's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:27
rogXue
put a lot of thought into that one did ya ;)
J03yyz's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:28
J03yyz
nice Jim
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:29
vApathyv
No, you can't hog this all to yourself Xzyliac. I want Dance Central and Child of Eden too.

...And the ability to say "JARVIS, play movie" and giggle wildly at my newfound sci-fi entertainment center.
UltorOscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:29
UltorOscariot
Unless you have to sit down.

Microsoft hates the disabled apparently.
bloodylip's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:30
bloodylip
Two words: DANCE CENTRAL.

Ball's in your court, Sterling.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:31
Jim Sterling
Fuck Dance Central.

Ball returned.
Nic128's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:33
Nic128
Lol, u mad?
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:33
Sexualchocolate
...in a world populated by 16 year old girls who love nothing more than dancing and petting animals.

finished your title for you.
funran's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:34
funran
150 is like shitting down someones throat
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:34
Xzyliac
@bloodylip
You can't win. Don't even try. Unless it cures cancer or there's a Bobby Kotick punching game you can't win.
Bolduk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:36
Bolduk
Post of the Week. Love it. Seriously that's kinda true...
mondaysalmon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:37
mondaysalmon
Thank you for this excellent Twitter Post, Jim Sterling.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:37
Xzyliac
Hey Jim, out of curiosity did you see the Jimmy Fallon Kinect?

I like Kinect and that video made me rage hard. I sometimes forget how stupid and easily impressed the masses can be. For 8:00 I knew what it feels like to be one of those gamers who hates everyone that isn't a "real" gamer.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:37
Xzyliac
*Kinect demo
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:38
vApathyv
If there's Indie support for Kinect, I will personally develop a Bobby Kotick punching game and make sure Jim is the only person that gets a review copy. And then you'll never see me again after that because Kotick will most likely send a handlebar moustached commando to murder me in my sleep and take all my money.
BalloonFighter's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:38
BalloonFighter
Kinect the dots and you will realize that Microsoft should have thought this through for another year.
Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:39
Kraid
Jim, king of JOURNALISM.
Sean Carey's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:39
Sean Carey
Child of Eden will be amazing, but you're right - one app does not a purchase justify.
ww3pl's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:40
ww3pl
This whole Minority Report menu controlling is the best thing in Kinect - even better than the games using it.

Still... I have to stand up in order to do this Tom Cruise woooshie-wave?

Blow me. I'd rather throw some more money and buy 3DS.
the guy with the hat's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:40
the guy with the hat
I like kinect.
amtalx's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:40
amtalx
I'm not a fan of Kinect either, but is this journalistic miscarriage going to start being the norm around here?
AKK's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:40
AKK
Why has no one made a Kotick punching game? There is a good chance I would buy whatever platform that game was on solely to play it.
Jackson Starburst's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:43
Jackson Starburst
I was going to say Child of Eden, but then I remembered I can play that with a normal controller, which will work better with less lag.
RichardBlaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:43
RichardBlaine
Nice.

Also, Child of Eden isn't Kinect exclusive and will probably control more responsively on the more precise of the two new motion control devices. Not that I plan on getting the Move.
Iamagirlelfsexshop's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:44
Iamagirlelfsexshop
Damn straight, fuck Kinect, I want to sit on my lazy ass while I play games.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:45
Jim Sterling
amtalx: I'd have to be journalist before I committed a "journalistic miscarriage." This is an entertainment blog. Folk were entertained. Job done, son.

Xzyliac: I've not seen it yet, and I'm kind of scared to. I hate watching cringeworthy shit, and I am imagining it's grade-A cringe.
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:48
VGFreak1225
Good ol' Jim, providing us with our daily dose of JOURNALISM.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:49
Xzyliac
@Jim Sterling
If I can cringe at it, I'm hoping we'll get entire weeks worth of satire out of you.
adamkirby1's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:51
adamkirby1
Child of Eden is going to be an amazing game, but it's not only cross-platform but also can be played with a controller. Still not a reason to buy a Kinect.
Sir Legendhead's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:51
Sir Legendhead
If they make even one serious martial arts training program, I'm in. Because that would automatically be the best video game ever made.

But if they want me to play with little furry animals, they can fuck right off. Seriously.
hikarii's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:55
hikarii
beneath the ogre like exterior are the behavior patterns of an aging troll...

jk...kind of

kinect + LIVE gives me hope for more experimentation on the developer side...i mean...kinect could mean an affordable, online, Steel Battalion sequel!
hyakushiki1234's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:56
hyakushiki1234
An idea. We replace the word 'Fail' with 'Kinect'. For example, 'I Kinect at Halo 3', or 'the original Two Worlds Kinected'. Who's with me?
nintendoll's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:58
nintendoll
Subtract the line of text, and this is about what Kotaku posts.

I guess people like this sort of thing but...I dunno.
Destin Legarie's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 10:59
Destin Legarie
Unfortunately everyone is saying that Microsofts Kinect isn't for them. As in they don't want it. As in wtf is this crap Microsoft?
waswas1717's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:00
waswas1717
@ PenKaizen

looooooooool.. amazing pic.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:02
ace of knaves
Heheheheheheheheheh.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:03
Jim Sterling
nintendoll:

Except terseness in this case is being employed as a comedic method and not as the entire body of a serious post.

Humor, blogs are allowed to have them sometimes. Rawr rawr jernalizm.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:03
mix
@PenKaizen

WIN!!!

Jim is hilarious!
MidnightOwl's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:06
MidnightOwl
At E3 when they said, "No more fumbling around in the dark looking for a remote," I had a vision of the AS SEEN ON TV commercial where the person couldn't figure out how to make scrambled eggs and needed to buy a device to help her make scrambled eggs more easily.
maybekun's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:08
maybekun
Kinect has nothing that appeals me.

Wii already has the game that MS showed at E3.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:09
Jim Sterling
"Before Kinect, the only way to watch Netflix was to cut your face and arms on jagged shards of broken glass before smearing the words "FUCK SHIT YOU CUNT" on the wall in your blood. NO LONGER!"
PenKaizen's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:10
PenKaizen
As much as I'd like to take credit for creating my image, I found it on another board I frequent. http://forum.onmix.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2547&p=210662#p210662
nintendoll's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:11
nintendoll
lol Jim, I'm just saying that I personally like my news sources and humor separated. Just like I don't go to The Daily Show to get news on world affairs. I'm not really sure which Dtoid is trying to be anymore.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:13
Jim Sterling
When has Dtoid ever not had humor? You've been in the wrong place for a loooong time if you want all your news dry and serious.
superjay779's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2010 11:13
superjay779
Let's see if it appeals to no one after it starts outselling the Move.
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