i don't know how one is able to use such absolute terms like obsolete.  maybe less popular but why obsolete?  i for one think i would enjoy a good new 2d brawler (and i have certainly enjoyed new 3D brawlers like yakuza, godhand, the warriors etc).  i'm sure there are more people.

if anything, hardcore, would be a better term to use

robio said:

I can't think of a single other game genre that has remained so unchanged and so stale over such a long period of time.

That's because they stopped making them

3D essentially killed them off. I'm sure you can think of a ton of great ideas to implent, like when they introduced vehicles and guns into these games.

Whoa, you guys are going way too in depth about such an issue. Don't start fighting.

I'm watching you

Ravenprose said:

Kinect only works when you are standing?

Your sig and avatar Yeah the worst news I've heard is that even the gestural stuff to pause and fast forward movies, you have to stand to do it. The voice recog works regardless though.

gamingeek said:

Kinect's software is designed around mapping the human skeletal structure, so when you are sitting it can't define your body shape properly. If you're like me and usually cover yourself in pillows, tv guides, chips and blankets then I guess it wont be able to tell what I'm doing.

My Kinectiger wont respond when I try to stroke it then.

Archangel3371 said:

gamingeek said:

Kinect's software is designed around mapping the human skeletal structure, so when you are sitting it can't define your body shape properly. If you're like me and usually cover yourself in pillows, tv guides, chips and blankets then I guess it wont be able to tell what I'm doing.

My Kinectiger wont respond when I try to stroke it then.

Hmm. I never thought of being covered up in blankets and pillows. Me I just sit on my couch and play, usually in a somewhat relaxed position, but not covered up like that. I would imagine though that a game using gestures that you're not really going to be playing covered up since it'll likely be moving your arms, hands, and/or feet.

I don't feel comfortable unless a pillow is covering my crotch.

Seriously, I have a cat with claws and my bro used to think it was funny throwing heavy things at me at the most random moments. Now I literally feel more secure with a pillow at hand. To beat him with as well.

Agnates said:

Activision would probably easier launch a console of their own than SEGA nowadays... Shit, imagine announcing a system that gets COD exclusive, Guitar Hero exclusive, and adding Blizzard games on top, Diablo III, World of Warcraft console version, Starcraft, and whatever other brands they have. More plausible than SEGA's current...

If SEGA revived some of its best franchises and did them justice I can imagine some people going for a reasonably priced Sega console. I know that if there was a console that had Shenmue, Jet Set Radio and more, I might get it.

SEGA hasn't cherished and nutured its franchises enough. Sonic lives on through sheer iconic popularity. If Sega could do what Nintendo has done, been consistent over a period of many years, they would be in a rosy position.

Agnates said:

Yeah but I'm talking about SEGA as it is, not SEGA in your dreams

Bastard.