Fri, Sep 17, 2010 | 17:45 BST
Greenberg: “Kinect is more about the games than the tech”
Aaron Greenberg has said the games shown at TGS this week for Kinect are just the second wave of titles for the new tech, and there’s a lot more out there waiting in the wings.
Speaking with Gamespot in the video interview below, Greenberg admits Microsoft could have put out a motion controller instead of Kinect, and why it went controller-free instead.
“We absolutely could have done a motion controller and that probably would have been the quickest way to market for us,” he said. “We felt like giving game developers a way to develop games with a whole new natural interface, with nothing to hold, no controller at all, is what is unique about Kinect.”
He goes on to chat about the games shown at E3, how there’s was a variety of racing, sports, and dancing games built for Kinect from the ground up; and how the second wave at TGS from Japanese developers are much different than what was shown at E3.
Greenberg also discussed some of the challenges developers faced with Kinect, stating that with any new technology, it’s always a bit challenging to develop games at a rapid pace.
“That has stabilized though”, he said, “which I think is nice. Now it’s how do we bring unique experiences and not takes experiences that were designed to be on a controller and just makes those controller free.
“So, what we’re seeing, even from the Japanese creators too, are things actually unique to Kinect and are things you couldn’t do with a controller.
“Kinect is more about the games than the tech. So know that essentially, all the top developers in the world have sensors and are working on games. So there’s a lot more waiting in the wings.”
Kinect launches in November.
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Posted in: Development, Kinect, Microsoft, TGS 2010, Xbox 360
Tags: Aaron Greenberg
12 comments
#1
Erthazus
17/09/10, 5:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z7mEhUq0ic
#2
Razor
17/09/10, 5:46 pm
“Greenberg: “Kinect is more about the games than the tech””
Yeah, because the technology isn’t in Kinect is it
#3
theevilaires
17/09/10, 5:52 pm
XBOX exec makes an interview with two chics in bed
SONY exec makes a porno with two chics in bed…
Thats the difference!
M$ talks the talk, SONY walks the walk
NATAL < MOVE all day any day.
#4
Night Hunter
17/09/10, 6:03 pm
@threevilaires:
NATAL + MOVE = SHIT
/fixed
#5
Quiiick
17/09/10, 6:23 pm
NATAL x MOVE = PS4 + XB720
/fixed
#6
TIMCSS
17/09/10, 6:24 pm
Where are they then? lol. Because atm there all casual games which is ok, i just dont know how there going to get the tech to work with any fps at all. Unless its completely on rails and you point your finger to shoot. Kinect brings some new genres of games to the table, however it carnt provide in the most common, FPS
#7
Eregol
17/09/10, 6:28 pm
MS man talks shit
News at 11.
#8
SplatteredHouse
17/09/10, 7:08 pm
At least now it becomes clear that only Gamespot were silly enough to give another opportunity to Greenberg.
#9
freedoms_stain
17/09/10, 9:01 pm
How about some normal games ya prick?
#10
drewbles82
17/09/10, 11:55 pm
What a lot of people seem to forget is for a good game that we like to play like Fallout, GTA, Call of duty, it takes an average of 2-3yrs to make. Kinect was only announced last year so all the rubbish ones come out first. Maybe in a year or 2, we will actually see something decent on there so id keep your money till then in which it should be easy to find on sale.
#11
LordCancer
18/09/10, 12:39 am
@10 heh how long has the wii been out exactly?
#12
stretch215
18/09/10, 2:13 pm
theevilasshole = super Sony fanfag.