Obviously, Nintendo isn't the only company who's trying to get people to move a little bit more: Microsoft and Sony, and we all should know, have made their own movement attachments!
As a young teen, I got suckered into buying a Wii because not only did it sound like a barrel of fun, but my best friend had one and... I'm kind of a giant sheep when it comes to things he does.
For example, once he sold his Wii, he got an Xbox 360. Shortly after, I did the same (because Rock Band 2 was so gosh-darned cool). He played Magic: The Gathering and introduced it to me, and now I think I've spent a whole island-nations economic worth on cards in the last few years.
Anyway, for the next 3 years, I had some fun with it, but it didn't come from the physical-motion games: I lost Wii Sports after two years, and the rest looked gimmicky. So I mostly spent my money on GameCube games, a few token Wii games (like Super Smash Bros. Brawl), and a lot of Virtual Console games, since they were so friggin' convenient. I mostly played either one of the two Super Smash Bros., Super Mario Strikers, or some kind of old Nintendo 64 or Sega Genesis game (Pokémon Snap, Shining Force, Kid Chameleon, Kirby: Crystal Shards, games I didn't have).
However, I lost a lot of interest very quickly, because all of the games I played were made for other console except two of them. I felt like I should play these games on their own console and just sell the Wii. Well, that is exactly what I did... kind of.
So, I got an Xbox 360 because of my best friend example, but it seemed to have the best games to purchase. Sure, the online feature costs money, but I never had any Playstation games before, so why should've I started now?
Well, that introduction paragraph turned into an essay quickly... just so you know, that wasn't my purpose of this post.
What I want to know is what Microsoft and Sony are on, drug-wise. I ask this because this attempt to jump on the bandwagon is so late that Nintendo has already finished their bands round tour and are attempting to recapture the "hardcore" consumer base with the Wii-U, which the more I say it, sounds friggin' stupid. Maybe I should ask Nintendo what drugs they're on as well.
Why do they need to appease the younger/older consumer bases? They've worked well enough without touching on that, and now they think it's a good idea to fight a giant ogre with twigs and stones?
I am extremely bitter about this situation, whether you can tell or not. I really, REALLY hate the Kinect and the Move. The Move is a sad rip-off of the Wii Nunchuk, and the Kinect is just... awful. When I thought I couldn't look any stupider with the Nunchuk, Microsoft says, "How about we just take the whole physical apparatus out so people are confused whether you are playing a game or having a seizure... or both?"
Not only that, but... I... I don't want to admit it... but I have a Kinect.
Why? No, I had no part in this purchase, I can assure you.
For the 2010 Christmas, I asked for the newer Xbox 360 Christmas combo pack at EB games.
Something like this
This was because I had a 20 GB memory unit that was quickly filling up, and I would like to get a wireless internet adapter, because we have wireless internet as well. Not only that, but I also was going to ask for a second game controller, so getting the second console would've saved a lot of money. I even added it together: The system combo pack, including a game (I think Assassin's Creed 2 and/or Alan Wake), a controller, about 120GB of internal memory, and wireless capabilities, was to cost about $300. Buying the controller alone, ($60), the memory ($80), the wireless adapter ($80) was to cost only $80 less, and I'd also get a sleeker, new system with one game.
I thought this all through, waiting for the day.
Oh. Before I go on, just note that my Christmas occurs 11 months early on January 7th instead of December 25th, because of Religious differences.
Anyway, the day came, and I certainly got my console! I was very happy... until I saw the "added features"
"KINECT VERSION", it said. "4GB MEMORY" it said. "NO CONECTABILITY TO PREVIOUS MEMORY UNITS" it said.
The middle finger itself
I asked my mom, "Hey uhh... Mom? What... what happened?" I didn't want to show my frustration, because there are billions of kids everywhere else who'd kill for an Xbox.
"Oh. Well, I went to Best Buy..." mistake #1, "... and the guy there said to me..." mistake #2: get help from people who want your money, "...that the Kinect was next best thing, and will revolutionize the way we game..." mistake #3: getting sucked in by sales gimmicks, "...Also, it cost $100 dollars more, so I thought it was better..." mistake #4: not following instructions, "... So that is why I got it"
A day later, I told her, "Mom, this is not at all what I asked for..." stating my reasons for the purchase. I also made a 3-paragraph essay revolving around why I hate the Kinect.
Her reply was, "Oh Stevan, stop complaining. It will probably be better for you that you move around while playing video games instead of sitting on your butt all day.” the iron defense of parents and motion video games. "I think it will be revolutionary and you should keep it... BUT if you REALLY want to return it, then do It.", another of her sneaky tactics to get her way: giving me grief. I can see that she thought that the whole family could play the thing, since it is based for families, but when I'm the youngest member of the family at age 17 at the time, who REALLY wants to dance around to "Walking on Sunshine"?
I stupidly, didn't return it, and I really regret doing that.
So, I have this piece of s**t stashed away, hopefully rusting from it's absolute uselessness, while I'm still using my used 2007 Xbox 360 arcade which still works like a charm: No red rings, no problems, no nothing. Not only that, but I found a way to hard-wire the console to the internet, so the whole wireless situation could've been evaded if I had only known about the layout of our electrical wiring in the house... Oops, my fault there.
So, what is your take on the Kinect/Move?
Do you have one? Do you like it? Do you now hate me for my hateful words?
Share you opinion!
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