Kinect Isn't a Lost Cause

I'm sick and tired of video game journalists bashing Kinect like it's some lost cause. It isn't.

Let me explain: Microsoft is innovating. There's nothing wrong with that. The Kinect is a good move that Microsoft pulled. Last year their numbers hit 24 million.

However, Microsoft is a business. While Kinect was an attempt to counteract the strides Nintendo was taking (and then Sony), it was because Microsoft took a different approach and tried to perfect voice command technology and motion controls.

Now Microsoft is eyeing China as a new market, and needs a cheaper console, one without a periphery that requires a large play space, something Chinese apartments are severely lacking. So is this an attempt to gain more hardcore gamers who just want FPS games and don't want to lose weight with Kinect?

That's their secondary market. Their primary market is the Chinese consumer they're all but drooling over.