(Flame detterent: Everything in this post is soley my own opinion, and does not reflect the views, except by coincidence, of anyone but myself. Ye have been warned.)
Listen, why all the hate for the KINECT?!? Kinect is a revolutionary system that will CHANGE GAMING FOREVER. Kinect is motion controls done right. Big gaming names are just too shy to put anything into it. Forza Motorsport 4 will have Kinect support, and I have to say that it's on my list of top 5 games I'm looking foward to this year. (The others being Halo:CE Anniversary, AC: Revelations, Starfox 64, and MW3) Kinect just needs some time to mature. Just like what happened with Wii's motion controls, gamers never gave the industry a chance to really develop something great for the tech. They just said "OMG OMG WTF IS THIS WHY YOU MAKE ME EX3ERCI5E, GAMING INDUSTRY?!? I JUST WANT TO SIT ON MY @$$ ALL DAY AND GET FAT LOL". PlayStation Move was the exact same thing as the Wiimote, except it had a gun-shaped controller for shooters that actually worked (and good shooters).
Let us not forget that the game that I'm predicting will be 2011 Game of the Year (Minecraft) will be coming to Kinect.
In terms of MS not having any new releases, but just re-releasing old things, let us not forget that the way to prosper in business is to find something that works, and stick with it. If you want to bash someone for not releasing any new titles, go bash Square Enix: 14, maybe 15 or more Final Fantasy, quite a few Dissidia (FF character exclusive SSB) games, spinnoffs like the Tactics series; quite simply put, the one time they TRIED something new (Neir, I believe it was), it fell flat on its face. Plus, fans of the Halo series were CLAMORING (at least in my community) for closure with the Cheif, and for a remake of previous games. Remaking Halo: Combat Evolved was I think the best decision for MS and the fledgling 343 Industries, seeing as it was the game that essentially showed every other console shooter since how it's done, and enthralled millions of gamers with an immersive and intreguing series. Rekindiling that interest in gamers is the perfect lead into the new trilogy. Which I'd be willing to bet money will feature the Forerunners as the antagonists.
Case in point, ANY group would be justified in just doing new games for old franchises, because that's how business works, folks. If all game companies ever did was make new titles, you'd A: Run out of names for games and characters, and B: Enfuriate gamers with either 100-hour campaigns that would be easier broken up into seperate games, or by not making sequels. Also, it's rare that a new series becomes a groundbreaking success. Companies would go bankrupt if all they ever did was create new games and plotlines. New blood is needed for gamers every now and again, but not that often.
Plus, I didn't see anyone complaining about Nintendo's StarFox 64 remake for 3DS. That's a remake of an old franchise, too.