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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 03:41:02 PM

Title: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 03:41:02 PM
(http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/79/9b/1371842354_8474_3.jpg?itok=OPV_jdTzp.)


http://www.examiner.com/article/rumor-microsoft-removing-kinect-requirement-without-xbox-one-price-drop

"BREAKING: @Xbox media relations confirms to me via email that #kinect sensor IS NOT required for #XboxOne. #privacy #drm #prism #microsoft"


".@Xbox confirms NO #XboxOne price drop due to NO kinect requirement. #XboxOne is "competitively priced" & xbox is "confident with the value."

:lol :lol :lol if true. would be most hilarious major console pre-release ever. God :lol
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 03:44:01 PM
For me it's the opposite.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: demi on June 21, 2013, 03:44:04 PM
Yeah totally hilarious
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 03:46:04 PM
Yeah totally hilarious

MS have made Kinect such an integral part of their system and have been pimping it is since reveal. They've spent millions of R&D into Kinect 2, to make it required, and forcing Kinect system by every single dev for xbox one. If they make a SKU without Kinect, you'll likely STILL have to buy one. In any case, if they do release a Kinect-less SKU, it's still a waste of money because they spent so much cash on making the damn thing only to backtrack later.

Shit is straight cluster fuck. :lol
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: maxy on June 21, 2013, 03:51:35 PM
Who cares,only distinguished mentally-challenged fellow would buy any of next gen consoles at this point.Buy something iOS/PC and move forward.

Valve and Apple must be laughing.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 03:52:23 PM
Maxy's face turn :lol
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: maxy on June 21, 2013, 03:55:33 PM
Maxy's face turn :lol
At least I don't plan to spend $400 on a brick.

 :D
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Raban on June 21, 2013, 04:02:52 PM
Who cares,only distinguished mentally-challenged fellow would buy any of next gen consoles at this point.Buy something iOS/PC and move forward.

Valve and Apple must be laughing.
you are now my favorite gaming-side poster
Title: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Huff on June 21, 2013, 04:05:55 PM
Still going to be packed in every bundle.

And maxy has gone full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Trent Dole on June 21, 2013, 04:07:44 PM
Wow, so MS position has turned into 'never mind everything we said and invested in previously'? Full on panic mode here.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 04:08:31 PM
Let's spend years making a system based around Kinect 2.

Wait, people aren't pre-ordering our system?

TAKE IT OUT :rofl
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: maxy on June 21, 2013, 04:16:41 PM
Still going to be packed in every bundle.

And maxy has gone full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow

Don't say I didn't warn you.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 21, 2013, 04:17:01 PM
Leper Himuro
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 21, 2013, 04:17:13 PM
Could have put some of that Kinect money into making the console more powerful  :-\
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 04:18:12 PM
Could have put some of that Kinect money into making the console more powerful  :-\

I know right?
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: maxy on June 21, 2013, 04:24:10 PM
Could have put some of that Kinect money into making the console more powerful  :-\
Adding extra gpu and delaying system to 2014 confirmed.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Mupepe on June 21, 2013, 04:25:27 PM
I really don't want to be a Sonyfag but MS is making that really difficult.  Shit.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 21, 2013, 04:31:58 PM
There is no way they are taking it out, its far to late for developers to work around this.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: maxy on June 21, 2013, 05:09:10 PM
Yeah,I doubt this is true.Especially with price remaining the same.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Steve Youngblood on June 21, 2013, 05:18:54 PM
Why do people hate Kinect? Because fuck you, Eschaton. That's why.

I've never actually used Kinect.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Rufus on June 21, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
I don't know why people hate Kinect so much (terrible shovelware aside), it seems like it could be really versatile as an addition to controller interfaces

:yeshrug
Well, you could flip a coin on wether or not the old one would work correctly, provided you even had the space for it. I can see the second iteration ironing out the kinks, but who's actually going to want to wave their hands like they just don't care for any extended period of time? It's not even really useful for UI, because you probably still have to rest the cursor on spots confirm that you really did mean to select that option. The Oculus Rift has me much more intrigued than Kinect. 
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: MCD on June 21, 2013, 05:28:24 PM
I don't mind Kinect bundled in or not but the console must function without it.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: cool breeze on June 21, 2013, 05:32:47 PM
I don't know why people hate Kinect so much (terrible shovelware aside), it seems like it could be really versatile as an addition to controller interfaces

Microsoft should demonstrate that it could be.  All it's shown is that it's a glorified remote, which would've worked with the old busted Kinect.  Couldn't even be arsed to show headtracking in Forza or sleeping in Ryse.

Well, that's not entirely fair.  That spark game maker uses it, but that's like saying Nintendo showcased the wii u tablet with that painting game.

edit: and the trackpad on the PS4 controller.  All these companies add new things without justifying their inclusion.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Himu on June 21, 2013, 05:32:51 PM
I've used kinect only once. At a best buy. It was dog shit.

This rumor was shot down by MS by the way buy considering their stance on DRM LAST week I'll keep the thread open. :teehee
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Huff on June 21, 2013, 05:36:39 PM
I don't know why people hate Kinect so much (terrible shovelware aside), it seems like it could be really versatile as an addition to controller interfaces

:yeshrug
Well, you could flip a coin on wether or not the old one would work correctly, provided you even had the space for it. I can see the second iteration ironing out the kinks, but who's actually going to want to wave their hands like they just don't care for any extended period of time? It's not even really useful for UI, because you probably still have to rest the cursor on spots confirm that you really did mean to select that option. The Oculus Rift has me much more intrigued than Kinect.
IAWTP, but i think it could be cool for controlling functionally simple games like platformers and heavy rain type junts. I guess that's just me .

I'll agree that it certainly isnt worth jacking the shit up by 100 dollars or whatever tho

people dislike kinect because it doesn't work. at all. it's the worst possible way to interact with a game. hard to see kinect 2 vastly improving it
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Huff on June 21, 2013, 05:44:34 PM
I've never used a Kinect, is it really that bad? like, is the PS2 PS Eye better?

(http://www.the-coli.com/images/smilies/dwill.png)

it's literally only good for dancing, exercise, and party games. where the games are made up and the points don't matter

never used a ps eye

Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 21, 2013, 06:10:04 PM
Next up: "Sorry, you can't watch sports on your Xbone after all. Also we cancelled the Halo tv series."
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Positive Touch on June 21, 2013, 06:16:10 PM
i tried to use my kinect for voice-activated commands but it couldnt even do that right. youd waste 5 minutes trying to get around them menus and then say fuck it when it started loading up a random app. and you couldnt have a conversation with netflix on without it stopping, rewinding, or pausing your show. total ass.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: thisismyusername on June 21, 2013, 06:20:05 PM
Next up: "Sorry, you can't watch sports on your Xbone after all. Also we cancelled the Halo tv series."

Those would be good things.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: Diunx on June 22, 2013, 09:40:42 AM
I played a shitty football game on kinect, it was trash.
Title: Re: RUMOR: MS taking out Kinect required support :lol
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 22, 2013, 09:52:09 AM
100 bucks.