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ARS - Kinect vs. Move: which tech excites our readers more?

ARS: Ten days ago we asked you which motion control technology had you ready to get out your wallet: the PlayStation Move or Microsoft's Kinect. 9,104 readers responded to our unscientific poll; as you can see above, the results aren't good news for either company.

It seems Ars Technica readers simply aren't that excited about either of the two competing technologies. Over 42 percent of respondents claimed that neither tech appeals to them, while over 20 percent said that they still need more information to be convinced to buy either tech. Only 224, not even three percent, claim that they'll be buying both motion controllers.

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IRetrouk5779d ago

preordered move, still waiting to see if kinect is more than eyetoy 1.5

WLPowell5779d ago (Edited 5779d ago )

eyetoy doesn't have skittles the tiger...

It should be realized that Kinect isn't made for tech-heads or core gamers... It's a cash grab for the retarded.

bennyace5779d ago

People that don't play 20-40 hours of video games (hardcore gamers) a week are retarded. But people that do are not? Ok not even worth arguing with that logic.

bennyace5779d ago

Thx for proving my point...

wicko5779d ago

Thanks for posting 2 useless comments.

At any rate, I agree, kinect is useless as a game controller. Hands free controlling just isn't ready yet, nor has it shown to be convenient. Just seems like an awkward mess to me.

NecrumSlavery5779d ago

There's EyePet...Which my wife says I have to buy for my daughter if I want Move. Well that's fine, Sorcery has me hooked, and my kids giving my the EyePet Plat...Me FTW!!!!

WLPowell5779d ago (Edited 5779d ago )

but nothing about Kinect is marketed or interesting to you (be honest), if you are trying to say Kinect has more than 2 games (children of Eden and maybe Star Wars) you're interested in, you're lying.

bennyace5779d ago (Edited 5779d ago )

I wasn't refering to the fact that Kinect is or not aimed at hardcore gamers. I was more refering to the part of your comment that seemed to imply that if you're a casual gamer you're retrarted. If it's not what you're implying then I'm sorry for misinterpreting your comment. And no, i'm interesseted in Kinect myself.

UltraNova5779d ago

If I had to choose one right now it has to be the Ps Move due to the fact that it has been proven that it works (see Wii :p, and all PS Move Previews and live presentations).

Kinect its just a good idea that is not ready yet. As it stands now its a huge mess of do that and dont do that just to make the darn thing realize that you are standing in front of it!

Whats even worse? When you finally get your cloths, position and distance sorted how does it play ? Does it work? Is the reported lag distracting game play experience? Do you like pretending that you hold a golf club or a sword or even a shield? (at least with the Move you will have something in your hands with force feedback to say the least)

Too many questions for Kinect when there're none for Move...

As for me..I wont get neither!

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The real killer5779d ago

kinect is so LAME.............who want's flapping around and mabey you can hurt somebody.

tinybigman5779d ago

Its the one that actually works with core games. So yea imma go with the Move on this one.

I do not want a camera for shovelware.

blumatt5779d ago (Edited 5779d ago )

The Move is the reason why I'm not buying a Wii. I can play hardcore games like Killzone 3 and Socom 4 with Move and have HD graphics and better precision than anything on the Wii. Granted, I'll be missing a couple of Mario games and Donkey Kong when it comes out, but I think I'll live as I've had my fair share of Mario in the past 15 years to last a lifetime. I can buy a Move controller and game for $110 instead of buying a Wii and, say, a Mario game for around $240; so, it's also cheaper to get a Move instead.

OutgoingSquall5779d ago

Dude 100% agree never bought a wii.

IdleLeeSiuLung5779d ago (Edited 5779d ago )

Unfortunately, these polls are kind of useless. The target market for PS Move and more so Kinect is the casuals. Polling about game stuff is already not quite representative let alone a casual accessory for gaming on ars!

Perhaps they also should have asked, do you own a gaming console? If not, perfect, otherwise which one?

Spenok5779d ago

Preordered Move, still waiting to see some real Milo footage.

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Dice015779d ago

Move of course. Can't get into something that doesn't involve a controller.

ThatCanadianGuy5779d ago

High precision and hardcore games to support it
Or
No precision, lag, yoga games.

I dunno guys..tough choice here..

TheLastGuardian5779d ago

Now the hardcore can have waggle. Even If I had a 360 I would never buy kinect because I'm too lazy to stand up while playing games.

Trroy5779d ago (Edited 5779d ago )

What I find funny about this article is that arstechnica is a site primarily read by territories where the 360 outnumbers the PS3 -- hence the disparity between Move and Kinect. They even have a special "Microsoft" section on their site.

Given the relative proximity of the survey numbers, and the Ars reader's likely bias toward the 360 (I said READER bias, not writer), I'd say that the Move is actually the more popular device, as far as attach goes, for general console owners, as opposed to Ars readers.

Bad science would find Kinect to be "more popular", disregarding the survey environment -- thus I find it funny, because arstechnica... come on guys. Get with the serious science.

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