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Kinect Sports cover artvsWii Sports cover art

Kinect SportsvsWii Sports

Kinect Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wii Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
Kinect SportsWii Sports

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Wii Sports leans harder on execution: Motion swing timing and accuracy decide every event

Reads1 vs 2

Wii Sports leans harder on reads: Casual local opponents add light mind games

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization1 vs 3

Wii Sports leans harder on optimization: Simple technique tricks like bowling spin are learnable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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