Kinect Unloved And Lonely In Tokyo

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Kinect Unloved And Lonely In Tokyo

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In an effort to give Japanese gamers a hands body-on with Kinect, Xbox Japan set up a demo station at a large electronics store in Tokyo's Shinjuku. Make that, a lonely demo station — for now, at least!

According to the individual who took these images, the photos were snapped sometime between 1 and 2pm. And perhaps, more people tried the device out during the evening.

The reaction online to these photos is telling. Besides snide remarks like "Smashing success", Japanese internet people seem surprised by how much space the Kinect requires. If anything, the demo kiosk could put off players who live in small, urban apartments.

Others point out that playing Kinect like this in the middle of an electronics store is somewhat embarrassing.

Microsoft typically has an uphill battle with its game equipment in The Land of the Rising Sun. Early indications are that Kinect will be no different.

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Others point out that playing Kinect like this in the middle of an electronics store is somewhat embarrassing.
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lol, but aren't most motion games somewhat embarrassing when watching people play them since some people have weird body movements.

Like this guy with the Move which seems to be swinging his arm randomly.

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or this guy playing a dancing game on the Wii.

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I wonder how we look like once we are fighting real robots for entertainment in the near future.
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yeah but with those it shows that your playing some kind of game by either dancing on something or having something in your hand. but with kinect, it just shows you as a crazy mime.
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I guest once video games are like "The Matrix" where you are actually in virtual reality, it would look less mime like.

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if gaming goes like that then the game maker hast he right to say you are the controller. but this whole kinect thing is a advance eye toy.
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The Kinect sort of reminds me of the Xbox vision live webcam, but with better parts or a less advance version of motion capture.

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I think I read that live camera thing will become obsolete with kinect out.
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