Activision taking a wait-and-see approach to Kinect / Move, 'concerned' about high prices
By Donald Melanson 
posted June 24th 2010 3:19PM
posted June 24th 2010 3:19PM
To hear Microsoft and Sony tell it, you'd think that there's no question that Kinect and Playstation Move will each become as integral to their respective consoles as a regular controller is. But not every game publisher is hopping on board just yet, and Activision is now publicly voicing some skepticism about the motion controllers. Speaking to Gamasutra last week, Activision COO Thomas Tippl said that he is "absolutely" concerned about what he considers high price points for the devices, and as a result he says that Activision will "have to see how much of an install base they're going to develop." Tippl further goes on to say that Activision has "few franchises where we think this could be an interesting value to improve the experience for the player," and that he doesn't see it as "something that will be in every game, because I don't think it's one size fits all. It's not going to enhance the experience for every game." He does ultimately leave it in the hands of consumers, however, so if Kinect sells, we could well finally get a proper Air Guitar Hero game.
I've never hated a videogame company before. Then Bobby kotick arrived on scene, and changed all that for me. Thanks kodick!
Activision killed Infocom.
All you need to know about them.
Yeah and shitty launch games.
Keep in mind that this companies entire bottom line is based on world of warcraft, everything else is just pooping out sequels to tired old franchises..
. It's not going to enhance the experience for every game."
Have you seen the average gamer? To fat to even want to move their hands to do crap. I mean the Wii is already a challenge enough for them. Activision/Blizzard is really waiting for their next MMO to come out so they can eat up even more profits. World of Engadgetcraft i think is the new IP