More physical gaming? ( Kinect / Light Gun ) ?

[Videodrome]

I'm looking into this mostly for my Dad. My parents have a tiny home in a small town and it seems hard to find things to do to stay active. My Dad has also been dealing with a fatigue symptom, but the doctor just thinks he needs more regular exercise. He seems to think exercise is 'work' like do yard projects, but the problem is once a project is done, but slowly winds up on the couch.

So.... I thought I ask about the XBox as a possible activity tool, especially since when Winter comes it will be even harder to stay active. I am a PC and VR gamer, but I happen to already have an XBox One Kinect from a project experiment I tried for VR. Maybe I could pick up an XBox One to go with it.

With that said, I don't really know about about XBox or the state of Kinect Games or perhaps shooters that use a 'Light Gun'.

Another take on this from personal experience, when I did longhaul trucking, some travel stops with arcades for a while had this neat TERMINATOR shooter. This does not compare to Gym time, but IMO lot's of aiming, shooting, and reloading is FUN which I think makes it easier to do the activity over a long time. At the very least, standing and shooting beats sitting and watching FOX News garbage.







One last thing related to this is unfortunately, I don't think my Dad would like VR and he has little interest in video games. So... that's why I'm not considering something like a Quest 2.

Otherwise, my dad rectly turned 80 and he's healthy aside from some bouts with feeling low energy.

 

[Enemy]

I bought my mommy a Switch. She gets a kick out of using the motion controls on the controller while playing the last 3 Zelda games and that sports game. I also got her a Series S and tried to get her into driving games with a steering wheel, but she panics too much driving and can't stay on the road even with the slowest cars in the last 2 Forza Horizon games.

I can't imagine putting an elderly person into a VR game world.

 

[Videodrome]

I bought my mommy a Switch. She gets a kick out of using the motion controls on the controller while playing the last 3 Zelda games and that sports game. I also got her a Series S and tried to get her into driving games with a steering wheel, but she panics too much driving and can't stay on the road even with the slowest cars in the last 2 Forza Horizon games.

I can't imagine putting an elderly person into a VR game world.

My Dad is still with it mentally, but he hates anything that involves navigating a lot of menus. If he was dealing with a headset it would just be more annoying.

I personally love VR and the Music Rhythm games are fun activity games, but I just don't see it working for him. It may be a challenge just to see if he's interested in a game console.

I actually know FA about the switch. I didn't realize it detected motion, I thought it was just a gimmicky split controller.

 

[Videodrome]

Actually, maybe this topic should go to Multiplatform and I should consider other options.

Maybe something like this could be a budget option to see if he even likes doing this.

 

[The Wolf King]

If you wanted to try him with Kinect just go for the original 360 version.

 

[menace-uk-]

Seems like you want something cheap in case he doesn't like it. why not just get a Wii?? It is THE motion based console. If he likes that you can always upgrade to Switch later on.