Comments on: Microsoft targets the children http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/10/26/microsoft-targets-the-children/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: a http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/10/26/microsoft-targets-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-41867 a Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:36:47 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/10/26/microsoft-targets-the-children/#comment-41867 Microsoft has kept on saying it would try to target children (I have my sources), but didn't start doing so until now. It's my opinion that they may not be taking things seriously even now, even with this new counsle--somehow, it just doesn't seem to have the push that children would enjoy. In addition, if there is no interaction (like a motion sensing controller), I don't think that this idea will get much anywhere. After all, Uno, Pac-Man, etc., these games you can get for FREE OR CHEAP on your computer if you know where to look. And you can do nothing more with a standard gamepad than you can do with a keyboard. But an Xbox 360 unit with a control that you just twiddle your thumbs on? Too expensive--and like I said before, it just doesn't seem to have a push on some people. Microsoft has kept on saying it would try to target children (I have my sources), but didn’t start doing so until now. It’s my opinion that they may not be taking things seriously even now, even with this new counsle–somehow, it just doesn’t seem to have the push that children would enjoy.

In addition, if there is no interaction (like a motion sensing controller), I don’t think that this idea will get much anywhere. After all, Uno, Pac-Man, etc., these games you can get for FREE OR CHEAP on your computer if you know where to look. And you can do nothing more with a standard gamepad than you can do with a keyboard. But an Xbox 360 unit with a control that you just twiddle your thumbs on? Too expensive–and like I said before, it just doesn’t seem to have a push on some people.

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