Bobby Kotick laat weer eens van zich horen. Deze keer betreft het commentaar op het prijskaartje van Kinect. Bobby wist, in Edge Magazine, het volgende te melden:
“Microsoft has got to get the price down if Kinect is to become a success. I think that 3D is super-compelling. The push has come from film but, personally, I find that live action in 3D is disruptive to the storytelling. But games in 3D are incredible. And when you see bullets whizzing past your ear, or imagine you’re playing Guitar Hero over the internet and your bass player is right next to you, that’s a really great enhancement of a game experience,”“I think 3D was made for videogames, and I’m very excited about that. With Kinect… I love it as an idea, but [Microsoft has] got to get the price down. So as long as we think a peripheral is going to deliver something that’s compelling and interesting and innovative we’ll support it,”
“For ten iterations of Tony Hawk, you weren’t really skateboarding, it was… thumbing. When we finally figured out how to build a skateboard – I think we probably could have done a better job on the first game, but I think we’ve nailed it on Shred – that experience, you just can’t duplicate it,”
“To me, that’s moving the medium forward, and physical interfacing I think is a really important part of the future. So, yes, we’re going to keep making physical interface products if we think that’s going to enhance the experience – and we have some really cool ones for next year.”
Kinect zal bij ons op 10 November te vinden zijn en zal een prijskaartje krijgen van 150 euro. Wat denken jullie ervan, heeft Kotick een punt? Of praat hij alleen maar wartaal?