I hate that these threads always become about me rather than the points I'm making, but let me just quickly once again clarify the reason I am the way I am.
One, I don't hate everything. I just vastly prefer to participate in discussions where it's not one big circle jerk. Threads where people are providing critiques and that are ripe for debating are far more engrossing to me on a conversational level than the alternative, which is just glowering hype and very little critical analysis. I think in particular it is important to be very skeptical about things until they demonstrate we shouldn't be, specifically because the state of game "journalism" is so terrible (it's a hype-driven and fear-driven enterprise; they're worried of alienating big publishers/developers if they're too harsh, or big portions of a fanbase if they're too critical. This is why there's so often a 7.0~10 scale, why big budget titles by faaaar make up the bulk of 9.0+ metacritic average, and why shit like the Gamespot Kane & Lynch fiasco occurred) and there's so many fundamental issues facing the health and welfare of our hobby.
It's not that I hate everything or I troll things to troll them (I really think people don't know what a troll is at all. Every thread confirms this). I am genuinely concerned about what it means if Kinect is a mega success, considering its variable limitations for most genres. If Kinect becomes the sort of device that is properly integrated with regular controllers, that's one thing... but there's a level of focus there that's discomforting considering the device's negatives. Microsoft has a really poor lineup of hardcore games going into next year, particular when compared to the competition. I don't know if that's because they decided to really just completely shift focus or what, but they've got Gears of War 3 and that's really it.
Yes, I can come off as condescending at times. I don't think I'm better than you. I don't think my opinion is more important than yours. I do, however, feel the need to state my perspectives with all the possible strength of my convictions, because as my motto goes, it's not worth havin' an opinion unless you're willing to fight for it.
Anyway, hope that clears things up a bit.
It's not that simple. The focus on Kinect IS taking money away from Microsoft doing other things. Simply launching Kinect is costing Microsoft almost a billion dollars. That billion dollars could have been used to push the platform harder, to make more games with the high standard of controllers we already have.
Instead, so far, it's a laggy, inferior piece of technology that is being used largely to diversify the groan worthy mini-game/party-game genres, which is a damn shame. Yes, it's a sort of selfish view. I only buy games for myself. I don't care if my grandma plays games, I'm sorry. So, no, while they're not "replacing" their existing controller, they're giving a HUUUUGE focus to this new Kinect, which IS taking away from hardcore experiences we KNOW work better.