Kinect: Core gamers want to sit down

MCV Staff 9th July 2010 Business News

Wedbush MD and analyst Michael Pachter has said Kinect’s biggest barrier to success is not its price or software – it’s that the Xbox 360’s core audience simply doesn’t want to stand up.

I think that the biggest impediment to Kinect games ever being considered triple-A is that they require the user to stand,” he told MCV.

Most gamers are couch potatoes, and I don’t see the masses embracing Kinect for a triple-A game."

Pachter also foresees problems with the device’s software line-up, predicting that it will take some time for quality product to hit the shelves.

"I think we’ll see quality right away – Dance Central is a shining example – but I don’t think we’ll see triple-A games for a long while."

Tags

About MCV Staff

Check Also

470 Pacific [Industry news] Pacific Standard Creative Launches as New Division of Pacific Standard Sound, Merging World-Class Film, Television, and Video Game Capabilities

[Industry news] Pacific Standard Creative Launches as New Division of Pacific Standard Sound, Merging World-Class Film, Television, and Video Game Capabilities

Pacific Standard Sound (PSS), the award-winning sound design and full service post production and sound company whose work spans some of entertainment's most iconic properties, today announced the launch of Pacific Standard Creative (PSC), a new division purpose-built to serve the evolving storytelling and production needs of video game development studios, advertising agencies, trailer houses, and independent productions who demand world-class sound without compromise. Pacific Standard Creative will be helmed by industry veteran Eric Marks, who brings more than a decade of audio and engineering leadership, as well as two years as the Vice President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).

© Copyright 2026, MCV. BizMedia