[BreakABone]

This is a topic I promised I would revisit once e3 came, and now that e3 has come and gone, I think we can get a better understanding of what Microsoft and Sony hope to accomplish with their new devices.

First up is MS with its newly named Kinect (a name I personally prefer over Project Natal). The only issue I have with the name is it just reeks of something that was cooked up in dozens of marketing meetings and focus groups. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure a lot of devices are made that way, but this one just wears it on the sleeve.

Anyhow, based on MS' over-the-top roll-out and their presentation at e3, this is a device focused solely on getting the Xbox into the hands of more families. It has games that on paper should appeal to a more mass-market audience and features that works for a techno-geek.

Sony on the other hand, took a sharp turn with their PS Move in comparison to what they showed at GDC, most of their games at e3 focused on more traditional experiences such as Sorcery and Tiger Woods. This is a device with an identity crisis though.

Between GDC and e3, Sony has shown that they want to focus this device at the core and mass-markets, but it really doesn't seem dedicated to either direction.

Based on their showing, I think the PS Move has the most potential, but that Kinect will sell better.

For two simple reasons,
1) Sony doesn't know what it wants, that's been their problem this entire generation. They want to be a game player, they want to be a blu-ray player, an internet browser, HOME to become an experience, they want to leverage 3D and now motion. Sony is a jack of all trades master of none so they can never really settle on a market to sell to.

2) Kinect looks different. PS Move looks like an advanced version of the Wii, there are over 70 million Wii owners, i doubt many of them are looking for an upgrade. On the other hand, Kinect looks like nothing we've ever seen before (at least on a mass-market level) And once people get to go.. experience it, I can see it sparking some interest in the device. The biggest hurdle of course will be the price they settle on.

Anyhow, my thoughts on Kinect and PS Move. Yours?