The launch of Xbox Kinect was said to change the gaming industry with its innovative full-body motion sensor. This idea went beyond sensational Nintendo Wii’s motion sensing controller. Xbox Kinect took a giant leap forward towards every gamers’ desire to be more involved. The ultimate and most likely final step, would be achieving virtual reality gaming where the user is actually in the game.
Xbox Kinect was launched in North America during the Fall of last year, so it’s relatively new and in it’s introductory stage. Xbox Kinect, aside from its regular game console competitors like Nintendo and Playstation, doesn’t really have many competitors. There isn’t another large gaming corporation who’ve launched a full-body motion sensing console, Xbox Kinect is the only in the market. Xbox’s main competitors, Nintendo Wii and Playstation, have come close with their motion sensing controller. As Nintendo Wii was able to boast about their innovative motion sensing controller when it first launched, Xbox Kinect can now take the throne.
However, being the first also has its problems. It’s been reported that the Xbox Kinect is ‘laggy’ and unresponsive to some gestures. Xbox needs to deal with complaints and figure out how to fix all the bugs themselves without having anything to refer to.
Customers who purchased Xbox Kinect were clearly curious with the innovative concept. However, these numbers are not great as everyone knows that a new product like this would come with its bugs and glitches. Many people, such as myself, would rather wait a number of months to hear to product reviews first before making such a purchase. Consequent to consumer behaviour, Xbox Kinect naturally wouldn’t experience too many sales. In order to try to counter this, Xbox Kinect offered their product in a ‘bundle’ pack where the Xbox and Kinect games would be provided. If it were just the Kinect game for sale on its own, it would most likely experience considerably lower sales.
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