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i read some of the names like kinnect-sports and the only thing that popped into my head was um ok wii sports?
the majority of the games will be targeted at the casual crowd obviously
From the story, here are the games in the works apparently.
Among games in the works:
•Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.
•Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel — pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost — and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.
•Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis. To serve a volleyball, you mimic the real motion; in soccer, you can kick the ball or do a header.
•Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.
•Dance Central, in development by MTV Games, brings a So You Think You Can Dance experience home.
•Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favorites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney.
Officially lost all interest in Kinect (previously Natal), It is squarely aimed at casuals, which is fine, just not my cup of tea.
It's leaking like the Titanic now, there goes MS's press conference :)
OMG is real 0.o, the redesign the name.
Now new games too, WOW can't believe MS let this out lol
LOL casual gaming FTL
"Kinect's built-in camera and microphone (due later this year, no price set) uses facial and voice recognition to let you, for instance, log onto Xbox Live, start games and pause movies. And a new menu lets you choose games or services such as Netflix by simply reaching out and pointing toward the screen selection. Video chat lets Xbox 360 homes connect; the smart camera widens when another person enters the room.
Microsoft's Marc Whitten credits Nintendo with setting things in motion: "They have done some amazing things and brought new people to the category. This is fundamentally different. It's (about) my body being the controller (and) being able to communicate with just my voice to the system."
They at least give credit where it is due. The other features that aren't gaming related are what interest me the most. We all know Natal and Move were geared towards casual gamers but I'm sure we will see some hardcore titles as well. I am liking this more and more.
Even if It's not your cup of tea the redesign on the 360 looks great and a nice lower price point should help it to do well.
We haven't even seen any "Confirmations" yet either. Though I am sure Microsoft is loving having all eyes on them leading to E3.