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what's up guys Lew here and I was just driving along and I was thinking about something that I thought was worth sharing and it's the idea the concept that a lot of people are not very interested in motion based gaming recently I put a post out on Twitter and on Facebook and I asked people hey are you interested in motion based gaming of course I'm talking about like Kinect PlayStation Move type game systems the Nintendo Wii U for example or the older we these are games where you know you play with your body and your and your physical motions rather than a controller most people responded with and you know that they could care less about motion gaming or that it really represents a small part of what they're interested in in the gaming world I have to say I wasn't all that surprised because in my personal life there are not that many people not that many of my friends for example that are all that interested in motion based gaming when people are talking about you know the hot new game launching they're basically always talking about traditional controller based games I've yet to see a really compelling reason to play motion based games over controller based games so it brought up this question in my mind about what the or what what is the future of motion based gaming will it actually become the de-facto standard and what needs to happen the order for motion based gaming to get better motion based gaming requires a significant amount more space in your living room bedroom or ever you play games than just a traditional controller setup and since people are moving into smaller and smaller spaces I mean there's lots of 500 square foot condos going in across the city where I live here in Toronto but I'm sure it's the same situation in New York San Francisco a lot of urban areas people continue to move into smaller spaces and because of that it's a little bit more difficult to get that immersive you know experience that you would want out of motion based gaming when you don't have the space to do it especially if you're playing with somebody else if it's like a 2 player kind of situation where two people are standing up in front of the screen and you may remember those viral videos a while ago of people throwing Nintendo Wii controllers you know through their flat screens etc although that was probably exaggerated a bit it is a legitimate concern most people have enough space where they can have a couch or somewhere to sit with a controller and be completely comfortable but the moment you have to start moving furniture around in order to immerse yourself in a gaming experience it's a little bit too much people just want to hit the power button and start to play and as people's physical spaces continue to shrink you have to wonder does motion based gaming really need to change so that people can can involve themselves in it without the need for all of that extra space that distance that they need to be away from the camera or whatever it is whichever device it is that sensing their their location and so I wanted to position the question to you guys since I had already asked on Facebook and Twitter whether or not motion based gaming was something that people were interested in I want to ask you guys the same question down in the comments section let me know if it really matters to you now obviously this issue is kind of bubbling up right now because of the fact that the Xbox one has this always-on Kinect sensor which is staring at you in your living room and it's been controversial a lot of people have said hey that makes me feel uncomfortable or I just don't want it or I don't see the value etc etc so that's part of the reason why I'm positioning this particular video right here another question for you guys is if you could buy an Xbox one without the need for Kinect sensor at a lower price point is that something you would do would you all of a sudden become an Xbox one buyer if it were closer in price to the PlayStation 4 but without the Kinect sensor because if that's the case if more people would be interested in a lower price point mine is the Kinect sensor we now have to start to wonder why it would be that Microsoft would make you you know purchase it would have to include it as part of the package obviously their interface is sort of based on voice control and just your commands and things like that but they they could also very easily you know continue on with controller based navigation because it's not really broken there's nothing really wrong with it at this particular point in time so that's part of I think what's raising the question as far as the controversy is concerned is why is there no lower end or slightly less expensive Xbox one console that doesn't include the Kinect sensor why is it in a modular system like it was on the previous generation there are a number of barriers that motion-based gaming needs to overcome but the fact that PlayStation or Sony I should say hasn't included their motion based gaming set up their PlayStation camera with a piece where they've gone for the lower price point there are thoughts that it will hurt motion based gaming altogether because now as a developer there's less you're less likely to want to develop a motion based game because you won't have that cross-platform saturation that would come if say for example there was that PlayStation camera included with every system and if it was sitting in everybody's house so for from a developer standpoint there's a little reason to embrace it right now and they know if they want to make it hit game the chances of them doing that with a motion based game is pretty unlikely so will they pay attention this generation I tend to think no I don't think we'll see fantastic motion based gaming for at least five more years that's just the way it seems to be trending right now nobody seems to be talking about it maybe some of the things they want to do are gonna take advantage of connect in a way that we can't possibly imagine but I'm just a little bit skeptical because if nobody really wants it if it hasn't really worked to this point and if the Twitter and Facebook comments you know to me personally are as one-sided as they have been when I told people I really have to question how it is that Microsoft the company of that size couldn't be paying attention to that particular response and put an offer up options or wouldn't want to because I personally think they would sell a shitload more units if they maintain the old business structure in which you can purchase a Kinect on the side add it to your Xbox one and if you don't want it you don't end up paying for it those are my thoughts but the main point of this video was to ask you guys the question does motion based gaming matter to you let me know down in the comment section below this video other than that thanks for watching and I will catch you guys on the next video later