Sony Has Open Net as Kinect Fails to Impress
Fans and media alike were present earlier tonight as Microsoft decided to go ahead and present their upcoming motion sensor, essentially EyeToy clone, Kinect. Well, it appears that things got very strange very fast and may have just cemented the PlayStation Move’s victory.
According to reports, the Kinect presentation began with all attendees having to put on white robes followed by an odd Circe de Soleil-type presentation and then finally followed by gameplay. Many of the titles bore an awfully close resemblance to the titles included with Nintendo’s Wii Sports title, accompanied by supposed lag issues and an overall lackluster experience. One new Star Wars title did make it’s debut, although many have stated that the preview was almost definitely pre-rendered. Some of the on-screen actions were done before the actors even moved, which has caused many attendees to claim that the show was pre-recorded. Is this because Kinect is still too laggy? Or were they afraid the system would Red Ring of Death in the middle of demonstration?
What does this mean for Sony? It means that Sony has a breakaway with an empty net wide open, all they have to do is tap it home, and by “it” we mean the PlayStation Move. If Sony can manage a solid presentation while making the key component of their presentation quality games, they will most definitely have earned big points in the motion controller (or lack thereof) battle.
Earlier today, actress and former Dancing with The Stars beauty, Brooke Burke, managed to get her hands on PlayStation Move and tweeted the following:
I’m totally blown away by the new game we just previewed. Play Station Move. So cool my kids loved it!!!!
Seems like positive press thus far, as the key to Move’s success will lie in the ability to attract gamer’s young and old, and it certainly appears to be succeeding in that right.
Stay tuned to PlayStation LifeStyle, as we’ll be sure to bring you absolutely every piece of Sony-related E3 news the second it breaks.
25 Responses to “Sony Has Open Net as Kinect Fails to Impress”
Watch the video for the Kenect, there is so much lag, it is sad. Then to top it off the rest of the video is just fake and annoying.
http://kotaku.com/5562557/see-kinects-games-in-action-courtesy-of-fake-families.
Kinect is a joke. Playstation Move will own
Sigh.
hello …
hummm!
The fight has begun …
cheers!
Kinect, weird name …. :O
Wow. @bond2e2, that video makes Kinect look horrible and quite boring. I’d like to see the lag first hand when they put the demos up at Best Buy.
Part of the Kinect presentation was fake as well.
http://games.ign.com/articles/109/1096907p1.html
Brooke Burke makes my playstation “move”
lol. is that kevin butler in that pic lol im making that ma wallpaper. ive seen some videos of kinect which came out today lol. very dissapointed lol i say there wasting that technology on games. crappy ones lmao.
Can’t blaim Microsoft for having this show “technology free” (no cameras etc.). All I’ve seen about Nat,.. err Kinect is just load of crap. Unless they get some great hardcore games with new features, this device is doomed to fail. Especially if the rumors about the 150-180$ price tag are accurate.
If the rumoured $189/£140 price tag turns out to be correct, and doesn’t include a console, they’re dead on arrival.
Oh, and I bet that ‘white robe’ business is because different coloured tops still confuse the camera.
The tech was extremely weak last year. I really thought they could fix it. But Microsoft has definitely been known to bungle things, so I’m not surprised. We’ll still see MS try to shove it down peoples throats. Props to Sony for putting their tech out there in stores so everyone can try it and check it out. I was planning on buying a Wii this week but if Move is awesome on Tuesday, I’ll wait.
I didn’t think Natal would come close to living up to the hype, but wow, this is a more epic failure than I would have imagined. I especially liked the guy watching TV and holding up his hand to stop playback. I guess sitting motionless will be required if you want to watch something. I can just imagine what would happen when my cat jumps up on my recliner. Probably reformat the hard drive or something.
If Brooke Burke says it’s good what more do you need?
+1 for Sony
Yep, after reading up on what happened last night..Im pretty sure Microsoft failed hard..lol. Sony is going to have a cakewalk on their hands.
Can’t wait to see Sony make fun of this event on Tuesday…lol. Great piece Mike!
that’s literally the cringiest ad I think I’ve seen in a long while
Yeah, can’t wait till Tuesday.
I attended the Kinect Event and everything that they showed was simulated. Nothing was in real time. And to have laggy video on top of that is just adding insult to injury. Sony, you have an open shot.
No wonder sony turned down the technology
the reason for the white robe is because im better kinect still cannot properly read dark color clothing. also i heard during this circus presentation (get it?) a lot of video was shown more than actual hand on experience
i juts saw the katuku video of natal and omg when the ‘mother’ jumps she actually jumped seconds before her avatar did really MS really???
also the ‘lag’ in the videos (for this case) isnt natal but the fact that the actors either are moving before or after the avatar or game sequence
2007: “Motion control is gimmicky.”
2008: “Motion control is gimmicky.”
2009: “Motion control is gimmicky.”
2010: “Sony move pwns, bra!”
You people suck. Wii owns.