Ah shit, it's Oprah.

[Homplok]

I have nothing constructive to add, but I'll take any opportunity I can to let people know that I FUCKING HATE OPRAH. That is all.

 

[Imp Poster]

Well, I think it is very smart move from Microsoft. Have you seen most of the game titles that are coming out for Kinect? Singing, dancing, exercising, etc. That's probably the target market for now. Middle aged moms/women who having nothing better to do other then to watch Oprah or be on her show.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

Oprah is still alive?

Woman will never die. She just inflats and deflats from time to time in order to preserve her youth through some weird magic she must have.

I could care less about oprah, but I don't understand why every screams about something once she screams abotu it. My friend's mom LITERALLY didn't give a shit about a certain shampoo, and then the other day she was watching oprah and she SCREAMS "Oprah is endorsing this shampoo! Quick Joey, Run the the store and buy some! NOW!"

 

[Delusibeta]

Worst case scenario? Party games will replace FPSes as the "default genre" of video games.

Of course, this will have a benefit, namely FPSes returning to focus on the PC, and a general renaissance in PC gaming due to people become disaffected by aforementioned party games.

 

[Casual Shinji]

"Hey, the generic core gamer demographic hates both Oprah AND Motion-controls! Let's make a thread about both of them and then proceed to insult them!"

Seriously, if yall were talking about, say, Gabe Newell in the same way you were talking about Oprah here, yall'd be banned and socially ostracized on the 'Scapist quicker than you can put your own foot in your mouth.

Can we just give the, "No one likes the Kinect" mantra a rest for a moment? This is obviously just an advertising scheme, just like every other time a celebrity blatantly promotes a product on their show. Its not a new concept, and it doesn't make her any more evil or sellout-ish than any other household name.
Really, if you watched Extra Credits, you should be thanking her, because this means more sales for the Kinect (that you don't have to be involved with at all), and if the new wave of motion controls doesn't return any revenue, its bad news for the entire industry.

Actually, I'm not a huge fan of Gabe Newell either, but that's another story all together.

No, I don't like motion controls, but I'm fine with the Wii using it because that's it's "thing" and it has been since it's launch. The Wii is very much a family oriented console and that's totally fine; having some variety between consoles keeps things fresh.

What does piss me off is Microsoft and Sony jumping on the bandwagon like a bunch of lemmings. I know that copying a succes formula is pretty standard in the games industry, but this is just freaking ridiculous. Sony and Microsoft are wasting their time and money on this 3 year old novelty. Time and money they could have invested in creating actual new and exciting games.

And I wasn't hating on Oprah, I was just hoping that the Move and Kinect would quietly slip under the door and fade into obscurity within a year. But with the Move sales and Oprah's muscle behind Kinect that is unfortunately not going to happen.

 

[Reeves88]

but hey look on the bright side this is apparently oprahs last year on tv granted we will be plauged wit reruns for life but no new stuff, but shes coming to australia first and its apparently costing us lucky aussies 3.5 or something million in tax for her to come ya she gets a free holiday that we pay for

 

[superbatranger]

Well, she was bound to promote either the Kinect or Move. She just promoted the one that got her paid more.

 

[2733]

Maybe, this endorsement will drive sales of the Kinect to new highs, with a kinect in place in all homes developers will be able to fire out quick cheap game to produce quick cash they can reinvest into incredible new and original games that couldn't have previously been funded.

And maybe I will start crapping gold nuggets. about as likely

 

[CaptainCrunch]

I refuse to have anything to do with motion controllers until they invent one that allows me to play games using nothing but eyebrow movement.

Or a mocap suit with force feedback and machine washable crotch... but for totally different reasons.

You're a few decades behind on the eyebrow controller.
http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/mindlink.html

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

smart move by microsoft, but it'll be all for nothing eventually, probably, most gamer type people realize kinect is going to be a failure, at least at the prototype stage that is at right now.

 

[Geekosaurus]

Being British I don't really get the whole Oprah thing. Isn't she just a fat woman that sits on a sofa?

 

[Daaaah Whoosh]

Being British I don't really get the whole Oprah thing. Isn't she just a fat woman that sits on a sofa?

She's a fat rich woman who sits on a sofa. She's like the rich neighbor that you pretend to be friends with so that you can look classy and go to nice parties.

 

[Geekosaurus]

Being British I don't really get the whole Oprah thing. Isn't she just a fat woman that sits on a sofa?

She's a fat rich woman who sits on a sofa. She's like the rich neighbor that you pretend to be friends with so that you can look classy and go to nice parties.

But Americans realise that the people in the little box in your living room aren't really in your living room, right? I just don't see how she has so much influence on people. But that's more of a statement towards idiot people, than of her. I guess she's the smart one.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So all those sales aren't actually for people who want them, just Pavlov's treats?

Well, the sales figures make a little more sense now.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Being British I don't really get the whole Oprah thing. Isn't she just a fat woman that sits on a sofa?

Richard and Judy? Deliah Smith? Jeremy Kyle?

Actually, just think Jordan and you've got the idea.

 

[Geekosaurus]

Being British I don't really get the whole Oprah thing. Isn't she just a fat woman that sits on a sofa?

Richard and Judy? Deliah Smith? Jeremy Kyle?

Actually, just think Jordan and you've got the idea.

I never seem to think that Richard and Judy, Deliah Smith or Jordan have the kind of reach that Oprah does. Especially not Jordon. The people that follow her don't deserve to be called 'people'.

And I can't see why people hate Jeremy Kyle. He shouts at the kind of people that like Jordan, and I respect that.

 

[Jkudo]

Actually, I'm not a huge fan of Gabe Newell either, but that's another story all together.

No, I don't like motion controls, but I'm fine with the Wii using it because that's it's "thing" and it has been since it's launch. The Wii is very much a family oriented console and that's totally fine; having some variety between consoles keeps things fresh.

What does piss me off is Microsoft and Sony jumping on the bandwagon like a bunch of lemmings. I know that copying a succes formula is pretty standard in the games industry, but this is just freaking ridiculous. Sony and Microsoft are wasting their time and money on this 3 year old novelty. Time and money they could have invested in creating actual new and exciting games.

And I wasn't hating on Oprah, I was just hoping that the Move and Kinect would quietly slip under the door and fade into obscurity within a year. But with the Move sales and Oprah's muscle behind Kinect that is unfortunately not going to happen.

Nah thats not gonna happen but from your post it seems like you are writing motion controls off. I can see how you could see that microsoft want a part of the wii's audience seeing as how its marketed and the 16 party/sports titles coming out, but i have high hopes for move. Although for commercials it seems to be marketed toward families, with the lineup and support, i think they are less trying to take a piece of a saturated market and more trying to make it appeal to gamers. Also move was in the works before the wii.

Oh and motion controls(done right) have the potential to add for more control. Think of it this way, years from now it would be the difference between controlling games with your mind(equivalent of standard controllers)and putting on a virtual boy style helmet and being on a treadmill with all of your motions tracked. Both would be awesome and i would be disappointed to not have either in the future.

 

[2fish]

Oprah has just endorsed gaming and you are mad at her? Have her send her legions of followers to California to help our fight. Oprah can buy the Supreme Court if need be. Do not scorn her power use it!


All Hail the Supreme Leader!