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For some odd reason Sony simply can’t stop talking about Microsoft’s new Kinect for Xbox. Initially, the Playstation maker went on and on about how its Move controller has buttons and the Kinect doesn’t. Users obviously need a ton of buttons. Otherwise they can’t fully enjoy gaming, right? Well, some of us users would sure like it more if Sony put more time and effort into its own devices rather that constantly peeking over the fence and commenting on what competing companies are doing. Now that they’ve passed that moment in time, the people at Sony chose to attack Microsoft again, claiming that the Kinect is a pretty cumbersome device.

Richard Marks, Sony’s research and development exec who contributed to the creation of titles such as EyePet and the EyeToy did show some form of appreciation for the different experience Microsoft’s Kinect would deliver for Xbox 360 owners. “I totally agree that there is this magical feeling with using your hands to select something,” he said. Still, he thinks that the experience would prove tiresome at one point and users will want to return to more conservative types of gaming. We’ll find out whether he’s right or not in a couple of days when the Kinect will finally be released on the market and owners will start commenting, or in the worst scenario complaining about it.

But somehow, I wouldn’t be so sure that the Kinect will become tiresome. What’s really, really fishy is Sony’s concern for the Kinect. It sounds as if they’re trying to convince people, indirectly, that their Move for Sony is much better. Maybe they feel a bit threatened by Microsoft’s sales expectations? The Redmond-based company has mentioned previously that the Kinect will completely surpass the launches of Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and perhaps even its own Xbox 360 as scale and sales. We’ll be able to compare more objectively once the Kinect shows up in stores.

via Softpedia