PERVERSE AND OFTEN BAFFLING - Microsoft Kinect Blowing Away Competition So Far

9th March 2011

Link reblogged from The Atlantic with 22 notes

Microsoft Kinect Blowing Away Competition So Far →

Here’s two things that Microsoft’s promotional department would like you to know about its motion-sensing Kinect controller. 1) It’s sold 10 million devices in just over four months, an average of 133,333 units per day. 2) It just officially made the Guinness Book of World Records for fastest selling electronics device, beating out Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

Read on at The Atlantic Wire.

Whaaaaaaa?

As a full-fledged video game nerd, this is actually a little sad for me. As videogames become more and more mainstream, they become less … mine, I guess. They used to be like puzzles only I can solve.

For example, I’m not a good dancer. That’s why, in high school, instead of going to dances, I stayed home and played Halo. But starting around my senior year, Dance Dance Revolution became very popular. I was not good at Dance Dance Revolution.

Today, all video games are becoming like Dance Dance Revolution. I don’t want to play them, though. This confuses people. I want to play Fallout: New Vegas, not virtual tennis. If I wanted to play tennis, I would play tennis. Otherwise, I want to play video games.

Source: theatlantic